A router's wide area network (WAN) port acts as its gateway to other networks, providing an interface for the router to send outgoing traffic over. Computers should not be connected to a router's WAN ...

Routers and network switches aren't the same hardware—depending on your setup, you may need both.

Don't buy a NAS if your router has this port ...

For the past six months, I’ve been using a Linksys BEFW11S4 4-Port Cable/DSL Wireless Router for my home office network and it has been great. Recently, I came across a few additional PCs to play with ...

There are a variety of reasons you may want to block ports on your router in order to stop file sharing. Whether you are worried that individuals on your computer network are using file sharing to ...

If you have a router running as part of your PC’s Internet connection setup, you may have run into some trouble when attempting to host online PC games or perform other tasks that requires ‘net ...

Ever look at the back of your router and ask yourself “WHY!?!?” There are only four ethernet ports there. Four. How can anyone live and thrive with such a measly amount of wired network connections?

Are there any routers out there that have a 2.5gb WAN port and also 2.5gb LAN ports? I have faster than gigabit internet at my place. Wanted to take advantage of it via wire to my desktop. Thanks!

I'm not a total noob, which means I can get into real trouble (ha ha). Patience with me please. I have FiOS and use their TV--so I need to use their router in order to have full TV functionality. I'm ...

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 ...

ASUS is rolling out a new Wi-Fi 7 router with a comparatively subdued design aesthetic from past models we've seen, and it ...