Tech Advisor - UK (2020-07)

JULY 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 31

There’saneconomicalsidetothis,too.Incertain

situations,workingfromhomeeffectivelymaymean

buyingnewequipmenttofillthegaps.Butbeforeyou

decideyouneedsomethingnew,makingthemostof

whatyoualreadyhavemightbeabetteridea.

The device everyone

forgets about: the router

As with our work-from-home tips guide (see page 17),

we’renotgoingtobeginwiththePC,asit’sthemost

familiar,mosteasilymaintaineddevice.Instead,we’re

focusingfirstonadevicethatveryoftengetsignored:

yourhomerouter.

Notethattheadvicebelowappliestouserswho

havepurchasedtheirownrouter.Ifyouhavearouter

Even if your password is a pain to
copy down and enter across your
various devices, chances are that
you won’t be doing it all that often