Distributed and expanding companies are increasingly using VPN connections to access and share information between offices and branches. We test ADSL firewall routers that are designed for this ...

Do you like fiddling with computers and fancy the idea of taking on a more advanced project? Then I have a suggestion: Build your own router/firewall. With a router running a more advanced operating ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. Meraki Go, the Cisco brand that’s aimed at small businesses ...

Kelly Herrell, CEO of Vyatta, and I were introduced recently. The folks making the introduction said "Kelly is CEO of Vyatta, the open source routing company. They are going to change the networking ...

My pfSense box had a storage failure a few months ago and I never replaced it. I'm using my ISP's router combo box thingy but it's lacking in a lot of ways. I also have a 14TB drive that I ...

I am planning on building a firewall & router for a 100/7 Mbit/s connection (hence gigabit Ethernet) and need some advice on hardware. OpenBSD will be put on it. The gear that will be in the network ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs.

When you need to reach a specific device on your home network from the internet side of things, one of the oldest options is ...

Q: I’ve become increasingly paranoid about my home network security and am wondering what a firewall is and whether I should enable the one on my router? A: It’s always good when people are aware that ...

In Part 1 of this tutorial series, we configured Windows to accept remote desktop connections, so we can log into and use a PC anywhere in the World with Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Connection client ...

Q: What does a firewall do and is it something I need to get? A: In the early days of the Internet, we often connected through a dial-up modem or some other form of direct connection. When you ...

The 2.4-Gbps BCM5840 IP (Internet Protocol)-security processor from Broadcom provides wire-speed encryption to speeds as high as OC-48 in network applications, such as routers, firewalls, switches, ...