I'm currently using a WRT54G router with Tomato firmware and I have a simple residential dynamic ip address cable modem. The cable modem is in "bridged" mode and the router is set to use DHCP to get ...

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 ...

Apple has published a document detailing the best settings to use on your router and highlighting some of the security weaknesses you might encounter if you had the wrong settings. Luckily most ...

An IP or Internet Protocol address is a unique string of values that makes your device visible on the Internet or Local Area Network (LAN). If you know your Router’s IP address, you can change its ...

If you do it through the router, it will likely be called a DHCP reservation, though many people (and even some routers) still refer to it as a "static IP address." DHCP reservations allow you to ...

Your Linksys router uses a dynamic external IP address leased from your ISP. This dynamic address changes based on the time limits of the lease. If your ISP permits, you can prevent the external IP ...

Many administrators forget—or don't even realize—that they can configure Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) on Cisco IOS routers and switches. David Davis discusses the pros and cons of this ...

Guest networks are surprisingly useful.