Firmware is the software embedded in your router. Its firmware helps the router figure out how to carry on different tasks. To update it, you have to flash the updated software in the router. We’ll ...

Security researchers have identified a number of vulnerabilities in Ruckus-branded access points and routers. As tends to be the case, they all affect the router’s UI—allowing an attacker to log in as ...

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 ...

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 ...

With each passing year, hardware devices grow less dependent on proprietary components and more reliant on open source technologies. Network routers are among the main beneficiaries of this trend, ...