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But I may be wrong.
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You're not.
I have no proof, but you're not wrong.
Is it because of the massive,massive amount of corruption and bribery that has exploded over the last 2 years
Because that would make sense as why
Insider trading
Or bribery. Though with this administration, probably both.
And a government backdoor.
I think this is the primary reason. I think everyone should prepare to build your own router with upcycled older computers.
Now that I think of it, I wonder if this is why TrueNAS closed sourced their build scripts.
Do you really think the government didn't already have a backdoor?
It's like people forgot about everything Snowden leaked.
Yeah, ding ding ding, this answer.
Coz they bought el prez a lot of crypto?
They were going to have to let someone through; the US doesn't manufacture networking equipment...
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This and their abysmal support are two very good reasons to never use netgear again
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Paul Krugman pointed out that opaque approval processes are fertile ground for corruption.
So I have a TP-Link that can't be flashed with OpnWrt/ddwrt/pfsense. What can I do to harden my router?
Disconnect it
Honestly I just bought a small mini PC and installed Linux on it — that’s my router. I got sick of consumer trash anyway and decided to roll my own. The mini PC is overkill, you can get by very modest hardware.
... Has anyone attempted to turn an old android smart phone into a router?
I do have an old laptop, and I could install OPNSense on it, though I'm not sure if it has a second NIC card, which seems to be a requirement for running any router software on a PC. Please correct me if I'm wrong, tho.
Yeah that’s kind of the downside. I considered using a Raspberry Pi but it felt weird to use its Ethernet port alongside some micro USB → Ethernet adapter that probably wouldn’t hit 1 Gbps anyway.
Ah, so it just needs another ethernet port, if I understand you correctly? So an ethernet adapter would work?
I used an USB Ethernet adapter on my OPNSense setup and it wasn't stable enough. It basically required a reboot every other day. A PCI-E ethernet card solved my stability issues. Just my experience.