Strange …. this is my first Asus and I had heard some of those stories going back in time too …. for the model I have, you couldn’t even do some of those things if you wanted to (thankfully) and it’s been quite solid. I ran Nessus security scanner against it just for fun and it came up empty - not saying that means it’s secure but it passed the basic checks no problem …
:) > On Dec 13, 2016, at 5:37 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't know if I've just got customers so stupid they could screw up a one > car funeral, but I've had some weird issues with customers using ASUS > routers. Like establishing a PPPoE session out the WAN side but also > exposing the web GUI at port 80 with default credentials on the WAN > interface, plus acting as a DHCP server on the WAN side. ASUS has also had > some serious vulnerabilities over the years, maybe this guy had an unpatched > router. Probably an OK router for a techie but not for a newbie. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Stewart > Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2016 4:12 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Residential Router > > Personally using Asus and one of the best “home routers” i’ve ever owned…. > OpenWRT based which is really nice - performance is stellar and wireless is > top of it’s class in my opinion…. > > Mine is a RT-AC87R in particular but they make various models in the same > family > > >> On Dec 13, 2016, at 4:27 PM, Jason McKemie >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I've been trying to pin down the router with the best range for around $150, >> but there are quite a few different opinions online. The TP Link Archer C7 >> is reviewed pretty well and is <$100. Other than that I'm thinking about a >> Netgear R6400 or R7000. Any opinions on or experiences with these routers? >> >> -Jason > > >
