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D-Link refuses to patch yet another security flaw, suggests users just buy new routers — D-Link told users to replace NAS last week (www.tomshardware.com)

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[–] viking@infosec.pub 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Can highly recommend ASUS, most of their models can be flashed with custom firmware that is supported beyond EOL. And their EOL cycle is also pretty long.

[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Or just get a GLi.Net router, and get the OpenWRT firmware right out of the box without even needing to flash it manually.

As a bonus, if you ever have the need for one, they also have some badass travel routers that can use your phone as a modem, take a SIM card natively, or just connect to an Ethernet/public WiFi to create your own secure network. Super handy if you do a lot of traveling, because they can be used in hotels or cruise ships. Know how cruise ships sell internet access per device? Yeah, your travel router only counts as one device. Set that bad boy up, and now all of your devices have internet.

[–] 0x0@infosec.pub 5 points 1 month ago

It's way cheaper to just set up your own device with openwrt, not that difficult, and with the added benefit of having open source code. Why half-ass it.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

its not openwrt. its openwrt based, with proprietary modifications, from a country where saying no to planting a backdoor is not an option.

everyone is better off just flashing the open source firmware themselves. both with gl.inet and other brands, but I would say the same for openwrt's own router-like device too due to supply chain attacks

[–] LoganNineFingers@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Seconded. I didn't know the life cycle of a router but I replaced my asus router with another asus router recently. Not because it stopped working but because we have so many devices for our iot and I wanted some vlan. The old one is being repurposed at someone else's house