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Recent content by Bill_Stewart

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    Keep Connect "router rebooter"

    The Keep Connect device detected another DNS failure and power-cycled the cable modem, restoring connectivity with no input from me. This device seems to be well designed and works as advertised.
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    Port Forwarding for Minecraft/Satisfactory game server

    I would think it would be highly advisable that the "server" software stays updated as security vulnerabilities are discovered.
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    Keep Connect "router rebooter"

    The Keep Connect device reported a DNS failure early this morning (1:37am local time), rebooted the cable modem, and emailed me that the reboot completed. So far, I can report that this device works as advertised.
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    Keep Connect "router rebooter"

    I haven't had an outage yet, so the Keep Connect hasn't been tested. Perhaps I will disconnect the cable modem's coax and test that way. I'll post results of that testing some other time.
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    Keep Connect "router rebooter"

    Ah ok, that makes more sense.
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    Keep Connect "router rebooter"

    Please explain what you mean by "locally or remotely." By remotely, are you saying you can manage the Keep Connect device when you are not connected to your home network?
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    Keep Connect "router rebooter"

    You don't have to have a subscription to use it. As I understand it, a subscription would only be needed to access the device remotely.
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    Keep Connect "router rebooter"

    I don't consider AsusWRT on my consumer-grade router to be high enough quality software to avoid at least one reboot a week to prevent odd "issues." A weekly scheduled reboot has been my practice for several years now and has worked very well. The outage is less than 5 minutes, is in the middle...
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    Keep Connect "router rebooter"

    My cable modem (an SB8200v3) has been stable since I installed the Keep Connect device. I still schedule my router to soft reboot weekly. No issues yet.
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    Keep Connect "router rebooter"

    I think it's not good practice in general to use plain http if there are credentials in use. Agreed the risk is pretty low as long as the Keep Connect device credentials don't match anything else.
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    Keep Connect "router rebooter"

    I have it set up, and it seems to have a fairly healthy number of configuration settings. For now the web interface is only available over unsecured http (not https), which I think is an oversight the vendor needs to rectify. I am going to contact them about it.
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    Keep Connect "router rebooter"

    I bought a Keep Connect device as it seems quite capable. I'm going to give this a couple of weeks and see if I run into any troubles and report back.
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    Keep Connect "router rebooter"

    Regarding configurability: https://www.johnson-creative.com/docs/advanced-settings/ Looks like they thought through some things...
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    Keep Connect "router rebooter"

    I think that's debatable, depending on the equipment and use case. If I were depending on these kinds of devices for remote management, I would be happy to accept the relatively low risk of power cycling to maintain connectivity (if power cycling was my only option). But in any case, that...
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    Keep Connect "router rebooter"

    Yes, that really would be a more accurate description...
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