Recently, in the techie Q&A column in the New York Times, someone asked about changing the password in their router. Due to space limitations, the answer by J. D. Biersdorfer was short, too short.

You can change your Wi-Fi password and access in your router's configuration page in an internet browser. When you buy a new router, you should change its password ...

85% of the people of never change this one setting that can get their router hacked.

I have read that wireless broadband routers have a common password set at the factory and are therefore very easy to break into. The manufacturers assume customers will change these. As a simple ...

Your router is perhaps the most important gadget in your home. It checks all incoming and outgoing traffic, acting as a sentry to make sure that nothing dangerous comes in and nothing sensitive goes ...