Broadband routers use different protocols for wireless networks, most commonly 802.11B, 802.11G and 802.11N. The N protocol is the fastest of the three options with connection speeds of up to 300 Mbps ...

As you get more and more Internet-enabled devices, what once seemed like plenty of Ethernet ports on your D-Link router may no longer be sufficient. One option is to switch to wireless for some ...

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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 ...

Your router is perhaps the most important gadget in your home. It checks all incoming and outgoing traffic, acting as a sentry to make sure that nothing dangerous comes in and nothing sensitive goes ...

While the world is focused on the coronavirus, malicious hackers, cybercriminals and scammers are pushing out their own form of malware. IBM’s X-Force reports that COVID-19 related spam is up a ...

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