In all reality, you really don't want your router to also be your DNS. It just doesn't have the horsepower to handle the traffic of even a small network without a high likelyhood of causing the router ...

Today the FBI pulled the plug on malicious servers handling traffic for computers and systems infected with the DNSChanger malware — and, despite months of warnings plenty of people using infected ...

Matthew Sparby writes: "Lately I've been noticing problems with my PowerBook experiencing odd moments of lag when I use it on my home network. This slowdown doesn't ...

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Running a local DNS server is great - until your devices ignore it ...

I've always ended up needing to install something like openwrt on my routers. I'm not particularly interested in continuing to need to do that as this seems like an obvious feature people might need ...

If your internet is slow and you feel like you've tried everything, you're in luck: I've got one more fix you might not have tried. Changing your DNS settings on either your Wi-Fi router or your ...

Win32/Sality is a family of malware that has been using a peer-to-peer botnet since at least 2003. It is a file infector and a trojan downloader, the latter of which is mainly used to send spam, ...

If you're still running your broadband router on its default settings, now would be a very good time to change. The trojan accomplishes the router reconfiguration by attempting a dictionary attack on ...

Frustrated by slow Wi-Fi? Before blaming your provider, explore your router's settings. Optimizing wireless channels, prioritizing devices with Quality of Service, updating firmware, and switching to ...