Indeed... in the mean time, I'm going to take advantage of the rather robust feature set and hardware (although I have had mine hang on occasion). If after the 3 yr free service expires I REALLY like it, I'll see about a personal license. More likely, though, I'll see if the 3rd-party firmware scene has anything going that's better than the current "requires brain surgery" situation...
-sc From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andrew S. Baker Sent: Monday, April 14, 2014 8:30 AM To: ntsysadm Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Re: Home router >>I know they need to do it but question why they need to brick the unit if the >>person purchasing it has paid for it. Question: Why do you deem it as bricked? It's not like it wouldn't function if they paid for a license later... Observation: A person paying for the service has not *bought* the hardware, anymore than a person leasing a car has bought the car. It is not necessary to like the licensing options, but it is necessary to accurately describe them. ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker> Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market... On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 1:11 AM, Jon Harris <[email protected]> wrote: Agreed. I like the feature set in the Meraki's but I dislike their licensing to some degree. I know they need to do it but question why they need to brick the unit if the person purchasing it has paid for it. Being able to see what the family is looking at, Facebook, general surfing, email, etc nothing specific and to some degree when is nice but I am not real comfortable with the idea of someone else holding the information. From a person that sets up IT stuff for others it makes it easier to work remotely on firewall issues. Jon > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 21:48:40 -0700 > Subject: [NTSysADM] Re: Home router > > On 11 Apr 2014 at 23:06, Steven M. Caesare wrote: > > > What are people looking for in a home router? > > For me, security among other things... > > > I'm assuming it's something in a feature set not provided by the router > > supplied by your broadband ISP? > > Do you trust your ISP not to snoop on you? > > > Wireless? Multiple interfaces? FW Capability? VPN endpoint? > > > > -sc > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Richard Stovall [[email protected]] > > Received: Friday, 11 Apr 2014, 11:00PM > > To: [email protected] [[email protected]] > > Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Home router > > > > I gave up and dropped the coin for a Sonicwall TZ205 at home. I tried the > > free Astaro offering for a while, as well as ddwrt, but I didn't like > > either of them. I'm so used to the full feature set at work, that I became > > very frustrated when I didn't have it at home. In hindsight, I think it > > was a very good decision. > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 10:17 PM, Michael B. Smith > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > I like the buffalo hardware (which comes with a version of ddwrt) and > > > then flashing it with the current version of ddwrt. For home and > > > very-small-business. > > > > > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > > > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Brian Desmond > > > *Sent:* Friday, April 11, 2014 7:51 PM > > > *To:* [email protected] > > > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] Home router > > > > > > > > > > > > *I´ve got a 1U Cisco router I use courtesy of ebay - it´s been working for > > > many years in the corner. Keep in mind when you buy commercial gear, the > > > support cost goes way up, and when it breaks and you´re not home, it´s not > > > exactly end user serviceable as the label says. Running a full linux box > > > or > > > something is going to run your power bill up too. * > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *Thanks,* > > > > > > *Brian Desmond* > > > > > > *[email protected] <[email protected]>* > > > > > > > > > > > > *w - 312.625.1438 <312.625.1438> | c - 312.731.3132 <312.731.3132>* > > > > > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > > > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] > > > *On > > > Behalf Of *Todd Lemmiksoo > > > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 8, 2014 9:46 AM > > > *To:* [email protected] > > > *Subject:* [NTSysADM] Home router > > > > > > > > > > > > I am having trouble searching the list archives for a thread on home > > > routers. In that thread was a linux box for $125 that I would like to > > > find. > > > Does anyone remeber that? > > > > > > > > > -- > > > T. Todd Lemmiksoo > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Angus Scott-Fleming > GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona > 1-520-290-5038 > Security Blog: http://geoapps.com/ > > > > > >
