Custom firmware can increase the capabilities of your Wi-Fi router without having to buy any extra parts. Popular options like DD-WRT or OpenWrt reinforce your router's support for VPNs, QoS, and ...

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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 ...

If you’ve dropped a pretty penny on a gaming-grade Wi-Fi router from Asus (or just one of its more expensive models), you need to update the firmware right away. That’s according to a security ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Asus is recommending users update the firmware on some of its most popular routers in order to ...

"Remote code execution" is a very bad sequence of words in this context. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. If you own a Netgear ...

Even if your router appears to be working well, you’ll want to replace it if it’s no longer receiving firmware updates. These updates are installed automatically on some routers, while other routers ...

Firmware is the low-level software programmed into a device's read-only memory, responsible for controlling its hardware functions. In the context of routers and networking equipment, firmware ...

Linksys appeared at first glance to be the first vendor to make available a HomeKit router, with the inadvertent release of information surrounding a firmware update enabling the functionality leaking ...

I tried to upgrade the firmware on my Dlink 645. After the upload of the new firmware now the modem just blinks, and I can't connect to reinstall the old firmware. I work from home and I'm without ...