Routers and network switches aren't the same hardware—depending on your setup, you may need both.

Whether it's performance, security, or privacy, an aftermarket router always wins ...

Whether you're setting up a new home network or upgrading an existing one, the crux of the entire setup is the wireless router. It can be the difference between a nearly flawless network and one that ...

Researchers at MIT’s CSAIL research lab might help future network hardware better keep pace with ever-increasing network data demands. Where typical network router hardware directing traffic in larger ...

With each passing year, hardware devices grow less dependent on proprietary components and more reliant on open source technologies. Network routers are among the main beneficiaries of this trend, ...

Yes, you can buy your own cable modem, and you might want to, given the excellent throughput and dead-simple setup of the Netgear C3000 WiFi Cable Modem Router. Router only supports up to 300Mbps ...

Linksys has partnered with Rivet Networks, the company behind Killer Networking products, to incorporate the latter's Killer Prioritization Engine into the former's new WRT32X gaming edition router.

In its first iteration, the Skydog Wi-Fi router wraps state-of-the-art Web-based management tools in old-fashioned hardware. The Skydog Wi-Fi router suffers from bipolar disorder. It’s blessed with ...

From mesh extenders to gaudy, expensive gaming routers, TP-Link will have something for everyone who wants to upgrade to Wi-Fi 6 in 2019. Rich was the editorial lead for CNET's Home and Wellness ...