The title says it all. It's a Netgear brand wireless 802.11g router. Just a standard one. Works well, except for when it gets overloaded with downloading too much too fast. Then is stops working and ...

I have read that wireless broadband routers have a common password set at the factory and are therefore very easy to break into. The manufacturers assume customers will change these. As a simple ...

Recently, in the techie Q&A column in the New York Times, someone asked about changing the password in their router. Due to space limitations, the answer by J. D. Biersdorfer was short, too short.

Changing the router’s logon password -- the one used to access the setup menu through your web browser – is a good first line of defence. This particular threat relies on the fact that most routers ...