When a router gets an update, you probably won't know about it. Newer routers can download them automatically and nearly every router has options to update the firmware manually; so if it’s not an ...

The majority of U.S. homes have an internet connection, and it’s probably not a stretch to guess that the proportion that also has Wi-Fi is close to 100 percent. Anyone who lives in a populated area ...

Not every router labels its firewall the same. You usually find this feature under your router’s advanced settings like “NAT filtering,” “port forwarding,” “port filtering” or “services blocking.” ...