Close-Up of a WPS button in the center of a white router - Kenneth Cheung/Getty Images A WPS button refers to the Wi-Fi Protected Setup button on a router or Wi-Fi extender. On your router, you'll see ...

The recent wave of new mesh router systems has brought with it changes besides the obvious increase in Wi-Fi range. For example, these mesh routers are more likely to insist on WPA2-AES encryption, as ...

When you think about home Wi-Fi and wireless security, technical concepts like antiviruses, encryption, and vulnerabilities often come to mind. Still, the simpler things usually end up causing the ...

A COMMON Wi-Fi router setting could be risking your security at home and some experts recommend turning it off. Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is a setting that lets you add devices to a secure network ...

Multiple technology sources recommend updating router firmware, securing admin access, disabling risky features, and avoiding outdated Wi-Fi tweaks that can weaken performance. Key changes include ...

Over 47% of people never change their router's default settings, and 72% have never modified their Wi-Fi password, according to Broadband Genie's 2025 survey. That's likely because they feel the ...

Security researchers have released new tools that can bypass the encryption used to protect many types of wireless routers. Ironically, the tools take advantage of design flaws in a technology pushed ...

When someone hacked a neighbor's Wi-Fi router to engage in nefarious activities, the only effective defense was to plug a widespread WPS vulnerability Recently a neighbor told me she was getting cease ...