A software firewall is a standard tool for protecting computers from viruses and other malware. Some routers -- the device that carries packets of data between your network and the Internet -- offer ...

Editors' note: This article was first published on March 26, 2013 and updated on July 1, 2016 with up-to-date information. It might seem like a daunting task to set up a new home router. But it ...

Buying a router for a business isn’t as simple as picking a consumer product with the best ratings from an online merchant or the best price on the shelf at a local electronics superstore. Your ...

Network security sounds like something that would concern an IT manager at a big company, but even ordinary home users have good reasons not to leave their small home networks to the wind. It’s about ...

Just this last week several customers have ironically all asked me the exact same question. “Can we use an Ethernet switch instead of a router for our Internet EBGP peering to our ISP(s)?” While ...