Faith writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest Android games and apps for Android Police. You'll find her writing about the newest free-to-play game to hit Android or discussing her paranoia about digital privacy and poor smartphone practices.

Your router is the gateway for all wireless communication within your home, so you should avoid anything that could increase its vulnerability to attacks.

It all starts with one board.

Your router sits in the corner collecting dust. Nobody's touched it since the technician installed it 2 years ago, maybe 3. Meanwhile, it's connecting everything. Your daughter's tablet for

While I waited for Ikea to figure out what was up, I tried some more creative troubleshooting in my home. The only (admittedly odd) fix I found was to force Apple Home not to use my main Home Hub, an Ethernet-connected Apple TV.