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Buy the Archer C7 version 2, and install the optimized version of openwrt: https://github.com/infinitnet/lede-ar71xx-optimized-archer-c... This build gets ~750 mbps NAT speed as opposed to vanilla openwrt, which is around ~300 mbps.
How can you make sure you're getting the v2?
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I keep looking into it and keep stopping at 'what should I buy'. I'm willing to / assume I need to buy new hardware. What do I buy that will run it well, and continue to?
This will depend on what kind of Internet connection you have, or expect to have in the future. Gigabit internet connections are becoming more common here in the US, and some lower powered devices just can't route packets faster than say 100-200 Mbit/s. I can tell you what I did, which may or may not be helpful to you. I got Linksys WRT AC3200[0]. The "AC3200" bit refers to a type of wifi 802.11ac configuration that…
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I disabled it after this post, but it appears Plex switches to 'indirect' mode (it goes out to the Internet and back in) without it; i.e. I am using UPnP. It's not clear what the solution is - update firmware? I am on the latest. Use OpenWRT (or whatever it's called these days)? Every time I look into it (I really want to!) I stop at the simple 'I want to do this, I will happily buy a new router, which one do I buy a…
Plex has had a major forum breach for basic user data including IP addresses [1], around the time of the botnet's first discovery in 2017, which has me greatly wondering if Plex may have been an inadvertent bootstrap vector for this attack? Worrying, if that's the case. [1] https://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#Plex
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I keep looking into it and keep stopping at 'what should I buy'. I'm willing to / assume I need to buy new hardware. What do I buy that will run it well, and continue to?
Buy the Archer C7 version 2, and install the optimized version of openwrt: https://github.com/infinitnet/lede-ar71xx-optimized-archer-c... This build gets ~750 mbps NAT speed as opposed to vanilla openwrt, which is around ~300 mbps.
That is, can I just buy from Amazon [0] with a fairly safe assumption that a new C7 is OK?
[0]: https://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-AC1750-Dualband-Zertifizier...
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Plex has had a major forum breach for basic user data including IP addresses [1], around the time of the botnet's first discovery in 2017, which has me greatly wondering if Plex may have been an inadvertent bootstrap vector for this attack? Worrying, if that's the case. [1] https://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#Plex
Usually a problem for things like Plex, ISPs with double NAT actually do users a favour here.
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Buy the Archer C7 version 2, and install the optimized version of openwrt: https://github.com/infinitnet/lede-ar71xx-optimized-archer-c... This build gets ~750 mbps NAT speed as opposed to vanilla openwrt, which is around ~300 mbps.
Is that v2 as in >v1, or is there a v3+ that I don't want? That is, can I just buy from Amazon [0] with a fairly safe assumption that a new C7 is OK? [0]: https://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-AC1750-Dualband-Zertifizier...
Consult the openwrt table of hardware[1] for more details.
[1] https://openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/archer-c7-1750
Edit: eBay seems a lot better for this task - https://m.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m4084.l1313&...
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This will depend on what kind of Internet connection you have, or expect to have in the future. Gigabit internet connections are becoming more common here in the US, and some lower powered devices just can't route packets faster than say 100-200 Mbit/s. I can tell you what I did, which may or may not be helpful to you. I got Linksys WRT AC3200[0]. The "AC3200" bit refers to a type of wifi 802.11ac configuration that…
Would you happen to know if the 25% cheaper 'gaming edition' is as good? Doesn't seem to have MU-MIMO, which from what you've said might be an easy saving: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Linksys-WRT32X-UK-AC3200-Dual-Band-...
I must be missing something, but why are all these routers publicly listening on port 5431?
I can’t think of any good reason they should be listening on an external interface, but maybe the port scanning is happening on the inside.
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While I think this is a really good OpenWrt-router, with good value for money and easy installation... It is fair mentioning that this model is discontinued from TP-Link and you will probably have to buy it second hand. It also comes in at least 5 revisions, with various levels of support, making life a little bit more difficult for the average, uninformed buyer. As a side note: I have a 350mbps symmetrical FTTH link…
Do you know well this router runs Wireguard using OpenWRT?
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This will depend on what kind of Internet connection you have, or expect to have in the future. Gigabit internet connections are becoming more common here in the US, and some lower powered devices just can't route packets faster than say 100-200 Mbit/s. I can tell you what I did, which may or may not be helpful to you. I got Linksys WRT AC3200[0]. The "AC3200" bit refers to a type of wifi 802.11ac configuration that…
Do you happen to know the throughput when using PPPoE?