did you know that most routers reach end-of-service after only five years? many are still being used without critical security updates.anon, is your router's firmware up-to-date?
>OpenWRT>Tomato>Asuswrt-MerlinStick with Broadcom chipsets and you'll make it.
>>736220976>not having an old pc as your main router with 2 NIC cards and OPNsense/pfsenseshiggy
>kikes about to outlaw foreign made routers>"let's start the router psyop" *handrubbing*Not buying your botted shit, glownigger.
>>736220976>not building your own OpenBSD firewall and having a separate wifi mesh behind itDo noobs really?
>>736221582Welcome to the official website of the FreshTomato firmware project, a system based on LinuxStopped right there. If you're running linsux, why not just run exposed and broadcast all your account information?
>>736222549i didn't say buy a new one, i'm just pointing out the bullshit of planned obsolescence$1,000 cellphones are the same. security updates stop after a number of years
>>736223471It's because support costs resources. You can't split your developers across too many products. Even free shit like linux has EOL thresholds.
>>736220976My ISP will send a new one wheneverIts unironcially a good routerWe on fiber and get great speeds in my neck of the woods
Yeah and it locked me out after updating it. I at least set it up first. Can't be arsed to factory reset it again. Seems to be a known issue with others having the same issue.
>Doesn't work with my PS5 so I have to constantly fuck around with network settings to get it working>All settings have to be managed through a fucking phone app instead of a webpage hosted on it>The configuration is terrible and makes simple tasks like port forwarding take 15 minutes>Sometimes can't even set up port forwarding for a device because the device isn't added to some arbitrary listUnfortunately, paying for this piece of shit every month is the only way they'll let me have the highest bandwidth tier and no bandwidth cap.
>>736220976>wi-fiyou already lost
>>736224718You literally can set it to bridge mode and use your own firewall. Do you, perchance, know what a file is?
my router is from 2014...
>>736224870It's not quite troublesome enough that I want to spend the money on a new high-end router (plus either a mesh set or another high-end one or two for extenders/APs). I have three Xfinity extenders set up around the house because they basically give them to me for free when I ask for one.
>>736225110But you're complaining about the actual features of the built in NAT, when you could avoid that by setting up your own like a civilized human.
That's my ISP's problem and so far they have always upgraded mine every 3 years.
>>736221876I think asuswrt-merlin dropped support for my ac66u b1 because Asus dropped support so I went back to >>736221582 The interface and feature set is just so much better. Some ISPs are actually pushing out routers that can't be put in bridge mode. It's pretty grim. E.g. Bell Canada's fibre modems. Someday, I'll upgrade to a 2.5gb router and hub.
If you're living in the US you are a cucked citizenhttps://youtu.be/Tu9ceIWrcUc?si=8w5HT3eUl1b8KQIf
>>736226776>because you have to use prebuilt routersSounds like you're the cuck who can't figure out OpenBSD.
>>736220976That's why I bought a Flint 2; it runs OpenWrt and will do so for decades.Also, the main reason I got it was that it was the best raw performance for the buck, and now I can run bufferbloat prevention, preserving my latency all the time.
>>736220976>Trump demands that all foreign routers be banned>Now we get to have $1000 American-made routers that will still have the same security problems with outdated firmware because any mandate on corporations to support their products is communismTruly the biggest orange nigger retard this world has ever seen
>>736229049>calls someone a retard>uses prebuilt routersHe's president and you don't know how to build your own firewall.
literally got an email couple hours ago telling me my router is nearing its end
Is there a router brainlet guide for us cisgendered males?
>>736229740>buy cheap PC>install a second NIC>install OPNsense
>>736229049obviously the idea is to drive development/production in america long-term. not commenting on whether it'll work or not but you're the bigger retard for not being able to figure this out
>just use a 100w at idle desktop PC for your router!
>>736230882You can build a firewall that's a lot lower power draw, or even buy a cheap minipc: https://a.co/d/04AlouDB
