If this checks out, you should also know how to change your router's settings, update its firmware, and reset it if need be. Below, we've detailed how to do that for some popular router manufacturers.

2. Update the firmware. Firmware is the built-in software that controls how a router works, and how it is configured.

Updating your Wi-Fi router’s firmware can be tedious, but it helps keep your data secure from hackers. Here’s how to make the process less stressful.

An update to the firmware of a Netgear router designed to fix a major security flaw also added a data collection tool that sends a considerable amount of information back to the company.

Netgear has built beta firmware updates for its Nighthawk routers vulnerable to a command injection attack disclosed last week.

Back in December a vunerability has been exposed on Netgear routers. Most routers already had firmware updates available and most of them can be updated. However Both Netgear and Cert now again ...

A few days back we talked about a serious security vulnerability in some of the popular Netgear routers. This security flaw allowed nefarious users to use unauthenticated web pages to pass form ...

We have received isolated reports of difficulty applying firmware updates to the Netgear FVS 318 Firewall Router, and we have been unable to download the file in-house. Andrew Freeman reports ...