The default firmware that comes preinstalled with the router, is good enough for the general consensus, however, we the tech geeks should explore some custom firmware as well. There are various custom ...

Imagine turning a simple, affordable Raspberry Pi mini PC into a powerful 4G LTE router that can spread high-speed internet to your other projects and devices. By leveraging OpenWRT, an open-source ...

Last month, I kicked off a series of articles on transparent firewalls, beginning with a brief essay on why firewalls are still relevant in an age of Web applications and tunneled traffic. I also ...

Certain manufacturers seriously dislike open-source firmware for their devices, and this particular hack deals with quite extreme anti-hobbyist measures. The Meraki MR33, made by Cisco, is a nice ...

Dear readers, I appear to have set a Paranoid Penguin record—six months spent on one article series. (It has consisted of five installments, with a one-month break between the second and third pieces.