Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Generally speaking, the most interaction people have with their router is the occasional turn-it-on-and-off-again when a ...

If you've got an old Asus router, you might want to check whether it's needing a firmware update. Asus has just reported that three of its older DSL modem routers have a critical vulnerability, an ...

Right, so. I just bought me a Linksys WRTGL to keep the possibility of third-party firmware open. I checked out the various sites for OpenWRT, HyperWRT, and DD-WRT and one common theme was a pretty ...

When thinking about computer security, you probably consider your PC and phone first and foremost. But there’s a lot of hardware between you and the nebulous malefactors of the internet, and it’s ...

You don't have to buy a new computer to get Wi-Fi 7 speeds. There are external Wi-Fi dongles, such as the Asus RT-BE58 Go or Acer Wave D7, that you can plug into an available USB port to get Wi-Fi 7 ...

The USB 3.0 ports can deliver better performance than USB 2.0 ports. Most routers struggle to power large, power-hungry HDDs ...

So hopefully, this isn't too specific to just my router firmware. But I got a new modem, DOCSIS 3.1. Called Spectrum and gave them the Mac Address, verified that be default I should be getting ~600 ...

Before COVID-19 forced many of us to work and learn remotely, the difference between a so-so router and a great one wasn't that important. As long as Netflix worked in the living room and the kids ...

Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Before COVID-19 forced many of us to work and learn remotely, the difference between a so-so router and a great one wasn't ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. It’s usually possible to take back control of a hacked wifi router, and there are several simple measures you can take that should ...

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 ...