Can you still use your router if it doesn't get firmware updates?
Cybersecurity Can you still use your router if it doesn't get firmware updates? It won't stop working, but newly discovered security flaws may go unfixed. 29, 2026 7:00 pm EST Only_NewPhoto/Shutterstock Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover So long as the hardware is healthy, a router will continue connecting your devices to the internet long after the manufacturer stops releasing firmware updates.
- ▪Cybersecurity Can you still use your router if it doesn't get firmware updates?
- ▪It won't stop working, but newly discovered security flaws may go unfixed.
- ▪29, 2026 7:00 pm EST Only_NewPhoto/Shutterstock Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover So long as the hardware is healthy, a router will continue connecting your devices to the internet long after the manufacturer stops re
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Cybersecurity Can you still use your router if it doesn't get firmware updates? It won't stop working, but newly discovered security flaws may go unfixed. By Thomas Godwin Sept. 29, 2026 7:00 pm EST Only_NewPhoto/Shutterstock Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover So long as the hardware is healthy, a router will continue connecting your devices to the internet long after the manufacturer stops releasing firmware updates. There's no built-in kill switch outside of eventual hardware failure that will silence your router forever. Unfortunately, once firmware updates cease to be a regular thing, your router loses its most dependable attribute for fixing newly-discovered security flaws.
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