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 ...

OpenWrt provides an environment for building custom, Linux kernel-based firmware for a variety of embedded devices. Originally targeting the Linksys WRT54G series of routers, OpenWrt now provides ...

The OpenWrt build-poison scare reveals why router firmware supply-chain security matters for smart home and IoT users.

LAS VEGAS--Long time networking device leader Linksys has finally made good on its promise to bring the open-source DD-WRT to its Wi-Fi router family. At CES, Linksays announced you'll be able to use ...

Netgear announced a new wireless router on Monday that will tap into the power of the open source community to create customized firmware and applications. The Open Source Wireless-G Router (WGR614L) ...

For years, we have been graced with consumer electronics that run some form of Linux, have a serial port on the circuit board somewhere, and are able to be upgraded through official and unofficial ...

The new custom router firmware will allow users to share their wireless networks, but could also improve their router's security Advocacy group the Electronic Frontier Foundation wants to address the ...

Advocacy group the Electronic Frontier Foundation wants to address the poor security track record of home routers with a new firmware project that will encourage users to share their Internet ...