[Dorset] Firewall question

2023-12-11 Thread Tim




I am running Mint 21.2 XFCE and using the UFW Firewall (using GUFW) as 
well as a personal VPN to the internet.


Beginning of last week I became aware of a lot of connection to and from 
.dreamsinheels.com (no it is not a dodgy porn site). I 
use the term some sub domains as I have counted around 24 different sub 
domains so far there probably more. The connection are both ways in and 
out but greater amount of data is going out.


I have checked for Root kits but nothing was found.

The issue I have is I have not been able to block the connection, all 
the sub domains seem to be coming from 185.151.30.148 port 42474 which I 
have tried to block both in and out on both TCP & UDP with the rule to 
reject, but they are still showing as making connections. I have 
requested the action to be logged but don't see any logs. The only thing 
I have noticed is that the different sub domains seems to be using 
different ports 45510, 42474 & 43646 to name three, how do I block a 
range from 1 to 65,535 (can't remember the number of the last port).


Can anybody help with some advise please on how best to block this 
access please.


Tim H
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Re: [Dorset] TP-Link routers

2023-12-11 Thread Peter Merchant

On 18/11/2023 14:25, Peter Merchant wrote:

Does anybody have any experience with TP-Link routers?  I see the C50 and C64 
are not badly priced and I really want to improve the response of my  wireless 
connection from this PC. I am currently using the Talktalk Sagemcom 
super-router and speed on a speed test is pretty dire.

I also think I might improve my wifi dongle and considering an Atheros Ar-9271.

Peter


I bought a Maxesia WiFi dongle for my upstairs PC and it arrived this morning. Even 
though it had a CD for configuring it which amazingly included Linux, it 
automatically configured itself, and it works amazingly fast. AND my computer runs a 
lot faster too. I didn't realize that the slow WiFi was affecting the performance of 
my PC.   This is not just a teeny-weeny USB device, but has an antenna about 8" 
long.



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