Hi All -
I managed to brick my Cisco/Linksys router by updating the firmware (making
sure everything connected to the internet was up to date seemed like a good
cold day project - NOT). After a vigorous argument with Linksys “support”
(rant omitted), I find myself needing a new router, so I
On Jan 8, 2015, at 11:05 AM, Bob Whiton
m...@rswhiton.commailto:m...@rswhiton.com wrote:
2. If I’m only occasionally connecting a second computer, would I be better
off just connecting the satellite modem directly to my iMac and using internet
sharing when needed? Is a Mac behind a router
While I support what Bruce says, before you commit $$$, check that the
router is not susceptible to the most recent vulnerability - Misfortune
Cookie.
To see the list of affected routers, have a look @
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/561444
On 8 January 2015 at 13:16, Bruce Johnson
On Jan 8, 2015, at 1:26 PM, N. Shani nshani...@gmail.com wrote:
While I support what Bruce says, before you commit $$$, check that the router
is not susceptible to the most recent vulnerability - Misfortune Cookie.
To see the list of affected routers, have a look @
There's a LOT of speculation wrt to this vulnerability, read the various
posts. To start: it was identified by reverse-engineering an old web server
software (2002) and it turns out that most manufacturers reused that old
code and didn't bother fixing their designs until this was brought to their
On Jan 8, 2015, at 11:38 AM, Bob Whiton
m...@rswhiton.commailto:m...@rswhiton.com wrote:
On Jan 8, 2015, at 1:26 PM, N. Shani
nshani...@gmail.commailto:nshani...@gmail.com wrote:
While I support what Bruce says, before you commit $$$, check that the router
is not susceptible to the most
its not manufactored anymore by Ubiquti , but i'd recommend at 35$ on
average on ebay/Amazon is thier AirRouter, i've had one for 4 years now and
its still rockin it today, and it can use the latest builds of OpenWRT. (it
works on DD-WRT as well but for that router FW, it requires thier
