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  1. It's a subjective question, but for home users... by ErikTheRed · · Score: 1 · on Ask Slashdot: Which Is the Safest Router?

    It depends on your needs and your budget. If you're a typical home user that doesn't have people specifically targeting them then your needs are very different than a corporate executive who is regularly hit with espionage attempts.

    I'll answer for a typical home user: Turris Omnia. It's a bit pricey ($339 on Amazon), but it runs a modified version of OpenWRT. It's easy-to-use, reasonably powerful in terms of features and capabilities, and is updated frequently.

  2. Re:Get a cheap PC that 10 years old, add PFSense by mellon · · Score: 4, Interesting · on Ask Slashdot: How Can You Avoid Routers With Locked Firmware?

    I'm currently experimenting with the NanoPi, which I think has better I/O (it has gigabit ethernet and comes with an antenna). I haven't gotten openwrt running on it yet, but am working on it: http://nanopi.org/NanoPi-2_Fea...

    The best thing about it is that if it doesn't suck, I can just scatter a bunch of them around the house--they are ridiculously cheap compared to typical WiFi routers.

    If you want something a lot beefier, consider getting a Turris Omnia. Not cheap, but it's practically a server, and will draw a lot less power than your 10-year-old PC. They are working on FCC certification, should be available in the U.S. in a few months. I have one from the kickstarter... :)

  3. Turris Omnia by JoSch1337 · · Score: 5, Interesting · on Ask Slashdot: How Can You Avoid Routers With Locked Firmware?

    https://omnia.turris.cz/

    Specs: 1.6 GHz dual-core ARM, 2 GB DDR3, 8 GB flash, 5 Gbit LAN, 1 Gbit WAN, 2 USB 3.0, 2 Mini PCI Express, 1 mSATA / mini PCI Express, 3x3 MIMO 802.11ac, 2x2 MIMO 802.11b/g/n

    I use it together with two hard drives attached via SATA.

    It ships with a custom version of OpenWRT but you can also install other stuff on it like Debian:

    https://wiki.debian.org/Instal...

    Or openSUSE:

    https://en.opensuse.org/HCL:Tu...

  4. Find the device's online trail by beda · · Score: 4, Informative · on Ask Slashdot: Is My IoT Device Part of a Botnet?

    Infected devices usually try to spread the infection further and their scanning attempts on the Internet are often observed. There is for instance a dedicated website for IoT devices attacking Telnet ports or some more generic ones, such as the Internet Storm Center. If the IP address of your device is on the list, it is very likely that you have a problem.

  5. How to test it by beda · · Score: 1 · on IoT Devices With Default Telnet Passwords Used As Botnet (securityaffairs.co)

    Here is a website where you can test if your device has such a problem, because it has been observed in Telnet honeypots for quite some time - https://amihacked.turris.cz/

  6. Some routers already have dimmable LEDs by beda · · Score: 2 · on Why Sys-Admins Are Disabling The Lights on WiFi Access Points (networkworld.com)

    Have a look at Turris Omnia - the LEDs are dimmable in 8 steps, the last one being completely off.

  7. Re:This may sound unpopular, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on TP-Link Blocks Open Source Router Firmware To Comply With FCC Rules

    https://omnia.turris.cz/en/