I'm about to move into a small 3-bedroom 2-story home in which the default location for the router is downstairs near the TV. Although I have yet to have the internet installed, I am fairly confident that that Wi-Fi signal won't be accessible from the whole house. There are Ethernet ports...
Icasa releases lower 6GHz Wi-Fi spectrum
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) announced on Tuesday that it has effectively opened the lower 6 GHz spectrum band for Wi-Fi services.
Icasa explained the lower 6 GHz frequency band refers to the radio frequency range of...
iPhones enjoy faster Wi-Fi than Android in South Africa
Analytico has found that iOS users on the MyBroadband Speedtest app have, on average, had access to significantly faster Wi-Fi than their Android counterparts.
More than 26,000 unique mobile devices have done over 233,000 Wi-Fi speed...
South Africa's free Wi-Fi networks
Last year, the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) rolled over a R200 million allocation from its budget to provide 13 million households in South Africa with low-cost broadband access.
The move could see the government expand on its...
Wi-Fi routers help scientists "see" people through walls
A team of researchers at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University in the US have devised a system capable of "seeing" the shapes and movements of humans in a room, using only Wi-Fi routers.
The scientists published a preprint paper on...
Wi-Fi is the major culprit behind slow home Internet — Ispa
“While the Internet works well without wires, it works best with wires,” Internet Service Providers’ Association chair André van der Walt has said.
Until fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) became a reality for South Africans, slow Internet was...
Battle brewing over Wi-Fi licences in South Africa
South Africa does not require licensing or permits to protect spectrum for Wi-Fi services.
That is according to the Internet Service Providers Association (Ispa), in response to the Department of Communication and Digital Technologies'...
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Hi there
I would like to use this Modem (dongle) from Vodacom (the contract on this data expired more than a year ago--I want to now put a Telkom LTE SIM card to use it.
Been reading the web on how to do this, and some ideas are using a unlock code which you have to buy??
Couple of questions...
South Africa considering Wi-Fi licences — what it means
Communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni recently published a draft next-generation spectrum policy for public comment, including potential Wi-Fi permits and licensing.
However, this does not mean South Africans will have to get...
Federal agent makes anti-tracking tool powered by Raspberry Pi
A federal agent and digital forensics expert at the US Department of Homeland Security has built a mobile anti-tracking tool powered by a Raspberry Pi computer, Wired reports.
Matt Edmondson decided to develop the system after a...
Research shows the data your phone's Wi-Fi scanning exposes
A recent experiment by researchers from the University of Hamburg has shown how smartphone Wi-Fi probing exposes sensitive information that attackers could use to steal sensitive data or comprise a device.
Wi-Fi probing is a standard...
Wi-Fi 6E useless in South Africa without more spectrum
The Wireless Access Providers Association has called on the South African government to exempt 1,200MHz of radio frequency spectrum from licencing to improve Wi-Fi networks in South Africa.
Wapa and the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance...
Wi-Fi signal interference test — simple trick to speed up your connection
It doesn't take much interference to degrade the performance of a Wi-Fi network severely, a MyBroadband test has shown.
Using two home Wi-Fi routers placed right next to one another, we tested the impact on network...
We tested Wi-Fi 5 and Wi-Fi 6 to see if there is a big difference
MyBroadband tested Wi-Fi 5 and Wi-Fi 6 on a Wi-Fi 6 network with a typical home setup and did not find a significant difference in speed.
Wi-Fi 6 promises faster speeds and better performance, especially when multiple devices...
With my limited technical knowledge I tried to replace my old D-Link DSL 2750u router with the free Telkom router, D-Link DSL-G2562DG. My old DSL-2750u was being used as a wi-fi access point and also as a switch for various devices (Printer, PC, Voip base-station) in that part of the house. I...
I built a Wi-Fi handshake grabber using a Raspberry Pi Zero — with scary results
A recent experiment by MyBroadband, which ran Pwnagotchi software on a Raspberry Pi Zero, revealed that numerous businesses have vulnerable Wi-Fi networks.
Pwnagotchi is a software project using reinforcement...
The cheap way to improve your Wi-Fi performance
MyBroadband tested a few low budget DIY options to improve your Wi-Fi reception, and one of the cheapest options — simply adding a reflector — produced the best results.
If you want to improve the reception and range of your Wi-Fi service, you...
I upgraded my home to Mesh Wi-Fi 6 — with incredible results
Upgrading a home network from using two different routers to a Mesh Wi-Fi 6 system resulted in significant performance improvements and significantly better coverage.
I recently replaced my old Wi-Fi system, which used two old...
Easy way to save battery life on your smartphone
There is an easy way to increase the battery life on your smartphone — switch from mobile connectivity such as 3G, 4G, or 5G — to Wi-Fi.