Your Netgear router uses numbered ports to allow or disallow specific types of traffic to your computer. Some games or programs requires port forwarding to behave optimally. Port forwarding ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

Netgear’s Nighthawk series of routers have always been advertised as Netgear’s flagship consumer router products, designed primarily for those looking for networking equipment well suited for gaming ...

So you think you have a bad-ass home network? Let’s see how it stacks up against Netgear’s new gamer-oriented Nighthawk Pro Gaming XR500 router and Nighthawk SX10 10G/Multi-Gig LAN Switch. The latest ...

Like many gamers looking for an upgrade, I came to the NightHawk X6S from a now far out of date Wireless-N router. With an upgrade to 100Mbps service in my area, it was time to upgrade. The NightHawk ...

The traditional settings functions are found under the Advanced Settings menu point. There are quite a few, so I’ve split them into two pages. This is the second of them with the administration, USB ...