routers
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How To Secure Your Router
We often forget that routers are very complex machines that run software designed to manage a massive array of functions – software that can carry vulnerabilities. Throw in the fact many people don’t know how to secure their network or router and you have a ticking time-bomb that bad guys are waiting to detonate. What…
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Don’t Forget Your Router, NAS And Other Network Gadgets Need Updates Too
Updating your PC is so straightforward that, depending on your operating system, it’ll be taken care of for you automatically (aggressively so). You might even remember to keep your graphics, sound and motherboard drivers up-to-date. But what about your other devices? It’s a little trickier to patch your modem / router and NAS, but it…
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Five Of The Best Home Wi-Fi Routers
There are literally thousands of Wi-Fi routers on the market. Look through the catalog of an office supply or local computer store, and you’ll be faced with a plethora of choices. And some vendors make it hard to compare models by giving marketing-based names to features that are really the same as competitors. This is…
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Review: Synology RT2600ac Router
The first router I saw was in the mid 1990s. The company I worked for was a very early adopter of the Internet, at least in the commercial world. After spending a couple of nights with the network manager and his technical support guy dragging Ethernet and coaxial cables through the office roof space we…