The recent wave of new mesh router systems has brought with it changes besides the obvious increase in Wi-Fi range. For example, these mesh routers are more likely to insist on WPA2-AES encryption, as ...

WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) is an alternate on-ramp to a Wi-Fi network. Thinking that clicking on the name of a network and entering its password is too hard, the Wi-Fi Alliance came up with the WPS ...

A researcher discovered an issue with the random generation of WPS keys in a number of unnamed routers that could allow an attacker to guess the key in one try. A number of popular home and small ...

UK households planning New Year's get togethers with family and friends are being earned to check one Wi-Fi setting that is often left switched on by default over the holiday season. Many families ...

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Many users don’t realize it, but their internet routers might be the most important electronic devices they have in their homes. Routers link most of their other devices together and to the outside ...

I've used a lot of routers throughout my time on the internet, from ISP routers that have locked-down services to routers I kept way longer than I should have. Still, on every one that I could change ...