Major Router malware...make sure your model isn't one of them affected

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

I was talking more about the lingo you speak [emoji23]

sometimes I wish I knew less

paranoia can really become an issue when you see every fucking thing has vulnerabilities and only half the time they get patched.


my Router hasnt had a firmware update since 2016... that was the last time the manufacturer put one out. These things can last 5+ years easily and they just stop supporting the stuff 2-3 years out.

 

[Fish]

New router showed up as I was leaving for work. Will set up tonight.

Im actually more excited to see if my wifi speed gets better. The best I could pull on my phone before was 25MPBS on 5GHz, but Ive seen other people's speedtests on their routers pulling in way higher numbers.

 

[b00sted]

Dude. Awesome. I'm going to really buckle down and pass my CEH.

Not trying to discourage you, but why do the CEH?

 

[MuffHugger]

Not trying to discourage you, but why do the CEH?

Job is paying for it.

 

[importcrew]

New router showed up as I was leaving for work. Will set up tonight.

Im actually more excited to see if my wifi speed gets better. The best I could pull on my phone before was 25MPBS on 5GHz, but Ive seen other people's speedtests on their routers pulling in way higher numbers.

You talking about something like this?

This is off my phone and with my Internet being a bit "wonky" right now. Need to do a factory reset and set everything back up to see if it helps. If not then need to call customer service.

 

[Fish]

You talking about something like this?

This is off my phone and with my Internet being a bit "wonky" right now. Need to do a factory reset and set everything back up to see if it helps. If not then need to call customer service. View attachment 32301

I wish. I gotta see if someone has fiber laid down in Addison yet.

 

[b00sted]

Job is paying for it.

Nice, might as well then.

 

[Kensington]

I wish. I gotta see if someone has fiber laid down in Addison yet.

Yeah...there's one reason I went cheap router. Comcast is only providing me 95 mbps, so why would I get a router that has ridiculous specs, when all I need is something that'll give me at least 150 up/down. I don't have a big place, and the cheap router is stable and has great coverage.

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

Yeah...there's one reason I went cheap router. Comcast is only providing me 95 mbps, so why would I get a router that has ridiculous specs, when all I need is something that'll give me at least 150 up/down. I don't have a big place, and the cheap router is stable and has great coverage.

For faster internal LAN performance and better traffic management

 

[Kensington]

Ehhh, no LAN usage, and how much could I really tell in the traffic management? .5ms?

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

Ehhh, no LAN usage, and how much could I really tell in the traffic management? .5ms?

Dunno depends on what you do and how many devices

 

[Fish]

Yeah...there's one reason I went cheap router. Comcast is only providing me 95 mbps, so why would I get a router that has ridiculous specs, when all I need is something that'll give me at least 150 up/down. I don't have a big place, and the cheap router is stable and has great coverage.

For faster internal LAN performance and better traffic management

Ehhh, no LAN usage, and how much could I really tell in the traffic management? .5ms?

I went from 90 to 119MPBS just with my router switch. Pay for the blast, which is 100MPBS. I could also tell a bit of difference when doing plex to my amazon TV which is wired to a gigabit switch to the gigabit router which is then wired to the computer.

So yeah, it does make a difference. My wifi went from 30 to 119MBPS as well.

This was switching from the Linksys E2500 to the Asus AC1900. FWIW, the E2500 was more expensive when I bought it.

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

Welppp big update with more devices found affected

VPNFilter malware infecting 500,000 devices is worse than we thought

[Article from Arstechnica](https://arstechnica.com/information...cting-50000-devices-is-worse-than-we-thought/)

This is a reminder to upgrade your firmware, if available.

**Asus Devices:**

RT-AC66U (new)

RT-N10 (new)

RT-N10E (new)

RT-N10U (new)

RT-N56U (new)

RT-N66U (new)


**D-Link Devices:**

DES-1210-08P (new)

DIR-300 (new)

DIR-300A (new)

DSR-250N (new)

DSR-500N (new)

DSR-1000 (new)

DSR-1000N (new)

**Huawei Devices:**

HG8245 (new)

**Linksys Devices:**

E1200

E2500

E3000 (new)

E3200 (new)

E4200 (new)

RV082 (new)

WRVS4400N

**Mikrotik Devices:**

CCR1009 (new)

CCR1016

CCR1036

CCR1072

CRS109 (new)

CRS112 (new)

CRS125 (new)

RB411 (new)

RB450 (new)

RB750 (new)

RB911 (new)

RB921 (new)

RB941 (new)

RB951 (new)

RB952 (new)

RB960 (new)

RB962 (new)

RB1100 (new)

RB1200 (new)

RB2011 (new)

RB3011 (new)

RB Groove (new)

RB Omnitik (new)

STX5 (new)

**Netgear Devices:**

DG834 (new)

DGN1000 (new)

DGN2200

DGN3500 (new)

FVS318N (new)

MBRN3000 (new)

R6400

R7000

R8000

WNR1000

WNR2000

WNR2200 (new)

WNR4000 (new)

WNDR3700 (new)

WNDR4000 (new)

WNDR4300 (new)

WNDR4300-TN (new)

UTM50 (new)

**QNAP Devices:**

TS251

TS439 Pro

Other QNAP NAS devices running QTS software

**TP-Link Devices:**

R600VPN

TL-WR741ND (new)

TL-WR841N (new)

**Ubiquiti Devices:**

NSM2 (new)

PBE M5 (new)

Upvel Devices:

Unknown Models* (new)

**ZTE Devices:**

ZXHN H108N (new)

 

[importcrew]

Still don't see AT&T's modem from my fiber nor my orbi.

Carry on

 

[Fish]

I was about to blow my gasket cause I thought I saw my new routers number on there.

It wasnt. Gasket is still in tact.

 

[IDAFC21]

Still no netgear wndr3400 on there.... It is making me nervous tho.

 

[IDAFC21]

I got nervous.

It really was time tho. There hasnt been a new firmware update to my old router since like 2016. And it was definitely holding me back from what speeds I could have been getting.

Here's a comparison from my computer before and after, which is wired directly to the router

And my phone

Should be all good now!

 

[Mr_Roboto]

ordered up a TP-Link AC-1200. We'll see what it does but I'm running an ancient WNR2000V3 right now so I figure that it's time to move up a bit. For $25 off evilbay why not?

 

[Mr_Roboto]

Welp, TP-link AC1200 purchased and installed. Seems a good bit faster now. Not sure if it's just me though. Will have wife take pepsi challenge.