More information has surfaced about the botnet "psyb0t," the first known to be capable of directly infecting home routers and cable/DSL modems. It was first observed infecting a Netcomm NB5 ...

Everyone needs internet to stay connected, but most people rely on technicians and their more tech-savvy friends and family to set things up. While there's no shame in that, having a basic ...

Most folks do not know the difference between a Modem and a Router, which is not surprising. These devices make up the backbone of our home broadband internet connection. They work hand-in-hand at all ...

A modem and router work in tandem to deliver you an internet connection. Even if the modem and router are combined in the same hardware, they serve distinct functions. The modem communicates with the ...

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Comcast, like most cable ISP services, provides most of its subscribers with a basic all-in-one modem solution that combines an Internet gateway with a router. If you have a more complicated home ...

Distributed and expanding companies are increasingly using VPN connections to access and share information between offices and branches. We test ADSL firewall routers that are designed for this ...

I’m looking to upgrade to a hardware firewall for my home office that’s running a mix of PCs, Macs and occasionally a virtualized Linux machine or two over a stack of NetGear switches and a LinkSys ...

Home Wi‑Fi that crawls or cuts out is more than an annoyance, it quietly wrecks workdays, movie nights, and smart home gadgets that depend on a steady signal. The good news is that most problems come ...