The makers of home network gear are starting to give older routers the ability to auto-update their firmware. But depending on when that update occurs, it may not be a good thing. At least once a week ...

Your phone or PC updates can wait, but not these devices.

I had an Asus RT-AC68U for years and the process for updating firmware was easy. Check on update tab in admin panel and it just did it. I just replaced it with a RT-AC86U because its bettter/faster ...

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So hopefully, this isn't too specific to just my router firmware. But I got a new modem, DOCSIS 3.1. Called Spectrum and gave them the Mac Address, verified that be default I should be getting ~600 ...

This being Computerworld, the number of readers who update the firmware in their router is probably high. But, I suspect very few non-techies keep their firmware current, or even know that the ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...