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 ...

While we daresay that many of you are probably pretty hot on updating the various drivers on your PC/laptop, it’s likely a very different story when it comes to your router. – It’s almost a forgotten ...

Here's how to configure routers from Asus, Linksys, Netgear, and TP-Link. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

The makers of home network gear are starting to give older routers the ability to auto-update their firmware. But depending on when that update occurs, it may not be a good thing. At least once a week ...

Netgear warned customers to update their devices to the latest available firmware, which patches stored cross-site scripting (XSS) and authentication bypass vulnerabilities in several WiFi 6 router ...

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 ...

Netgear didn't share additional details about the vulnerability, but as Bleeping Computer explains, impacts of buffer overflow exploits "can range from crashes following denial of service to arbitrary ...

We have received isolated reports of difficulty applying firmware updates to the Netgear FVS 318 Firewall Router, and we have been unable to download the file in-house. Andrew Freeman reports success ...

What just happened? Users often overlook Wi-Fi routers when it comes to security, a mistake that can lead to intrusions, snooping, and other kinds of attacks from malicious actors. Fortunately, ...

Security Alert: Routers can be an easily forgotten security risk because users don't directly interact with them every day despite their central role in networking. A newly publicized set of ...