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 ...

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!

At my university, we have an OC3 backbone. Anyway, my computers(700MHZ 15 inch iMacG4 and 1.25GHZ PowerMac G4 MDD) are severly bandwidth limited because I purchased a Netgear MR814 router with a slow, ...

The Draytek Vigor 2920n Dual-WAN Security Router ($250) is more than a router—it's more of a comprehensive networking appliance. Actually, as a single-band 802.11n router, it's rather average, with so ...

The Dream Router 7 offers an all-in-one Unifi setup, packing 2.5Gb Ethernet ports and Wi-Fi 7 support. Integrates with the entire Unifi ecosystem so you can use access points and cameras both new and ...

TRENDnet announced the launch of its AC3000 Tri-Band Wireless Gigabit Dual-WAN VPN SMB Router, model TEW-829DRU. The new router features dual-wan ports, support for VPN and VLAN applications, and it ...

The uplink port on a router is used to expand the network. Routers can use the uplink port to connect to other routers, switches and hubs to increase the maximum number of wired devices connected to ...

Pablo Brontvain has a secret: Every so often a wide area network link that connects the systems administrator’s employer, HR Real Estate Management, to a bevy of blue-chip clients fails. No one except ...

Anywhere that multiple computing devices share a single Internet connection there is a router. Recently routers from Linksys, Netgear, Cisco and others were found to have a huge security flaw. This is ...