Your router's parental controls don't work.

Last time I noted that, for those of us with separate routers and modems, the IP address 192.168.100.1 may provide access to the modem, through the router. In my limited testing, I found this to be ...

It's a cable modem, but those things are DUMB. I strongly doubt that they're smart enough to block the various non-routable subnets from appearing on the neighborhood segment. Since this required only ...

This week we tackle another reader question, “I’m still confused and often aren’t sure whether or not to allow my firewall to ...

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 ...

Q: I’ve become increasingly paranoid about my home network security and am wondering what a firewall is and whether I should enable the one on my router? A: It’s always good when people are aware that ...

To defend against data loss and theft, companies need as much protection as possible from external threats. Hardware and software firewalls prevent malicious traffic from reaching computers connected ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. This article is more than 3 years old. Despite its powerful ...

This setup had been working great for months - VPN worked, port forwarding, firewall security, networked printing. All good. Then, for reasons we still don't quite understand, the network went down.