Frustrated by the software limitations of your router? Replacing it with the Linux-powered DD-WRT firmware can be a big upgrade. Maybe you want to use an old router as a second access point for your ...

While attempting a DD-WRT flash, I screwed up and bricked a Linksys WRT 1900AC router that I'd like to use as networking for competition hardware for middle school robotics tournaments. It can be ...

As the number of networked devices in our home has increased in the past few years, I've developed a problem that I suspect many of you share: the kudzu-like proliferation of ethernet cables. Sure, ...

Installing a custom firmware on your Wi-Fi router is like God Mode for your home network. You can see everything going on, boost your Wi-Fi signal, beef up your ...

If you own devices with wired-only (Ethernet) connections and your router or modem is too far away or your wireless network doesn’t cover enough area in your home, an old router can solve your ...

I have a dd-wrt wireless router on the first floor of my house, and sometimes I can't get a wireless signal on the third floor of my house. I do have an ethernet cable going from the first floor ...

In the face of internet service providers like Comcast instituting bandwidth-capping, the Simple Help weblog details how to use a router running the open-source DD-WRT firmware to monitor your ...

802.11ac wireless routers, with their multi-spatial MIMO antennae, high-power transmitters and blazing fast data throughput rates, are rapidly attracting SOHO and prosumer customers who want the ...

Most router makers plan to block DD-WRT and other third-party firmware come June 2, but not Linksys. Its WRT line won’t prevent the installation of such firmware, the company announced. Federal ...