A wireless router comes with default configurations that require attention to improve your security posture. If you don't give them the right attention, you could make it easier for someone to use the ...

A router's wide area network (WAN) port acts as its gateway to other networks, providing an interface for the router to send outgoing traffic over. Computers should not be connected to a router's WAN ...

Editors' note: This article was first published on March 26, 2013 and updated on July 1, 2016 with up-to-date information. It might seem like a daunting task to set up a new home router. But it ...

If you own devices with wired-only (Ethernet) connections and your router or modem is too far away or your wireless network doesn’t cover enough area in your home, an old router can solve your ...

Many computer users don’t realize it, but for most people their internet router is the most important electronic device in their home. It links most of their other devices together and to the world, ...

Do you like fiddling with computers and fancy the idea of taking on a more advanced project? Then I have a suggestion: Build your own router/firewall. With a router running a more advanced operating ...

In an upcoming blog I expect to write about configuring a home router, which requires logging on to it. This, in turn, requires knowing the IP address of the router. Non-techies typically don’t know ...

We rarely give our router a break until we feel it slow down the Wi-Fi network. So when I grabbed a new router, the old ASUS RT-AC66U just sat in a corner. Over the past few years, I have repurposed ...