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    How can I overwrite the CFE partition?

    If you think the Chinese are concerned with your privacy and security then that's great, sleep well! However, you might want to ask yourself what was going on here: https://www.secretservice.gov/newsroom/releases/2025/09/us-secret-service-dismantles-imminent-telecommunications-threat-new-york...
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    How can I overwrite the CFE partition?

    If you have proof of a security issue and are not sharing it with either the manufacturer or CVE or somewhere, you are part of the problem. If you don't share your "proof" you are supporting malware/destructive and malicious hacking.
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    Release Asuswrt-Merlin 3004.388.10 is now available

    AX-3000 (AX58) dirty upgrade with zero problems or issues. I did update my router's password before the update to make sure it complied with new requirements. "Admin": in Cliff Stoll's 1989 book "The Cuckoo's Egg", an early book about hacking connected computers, a lot of Unix administrators...
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    Need Advice - 140m Ethernet Run Between Buildings

    Did not see that this was for a commercial installation. Hire professionals. Happened ~ two years ago to family friend, lighting strike directly to or near old UHF/VHF TV antenna that was still on the roof of their house. Took out modem/router/a microwave/some wiring in the house...
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    Need Advice - 140m Ethernet Run Between Buildings

    As bbunge says, running a copper cable between electrical gear that's on two different grounds (the two buildings are are different ground, so literally will have different grounds, maybe big, maybe small, but, electronics don't like extra current coming in from unexpected sources. Also...
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    Solved Buying used patch panel for home use?

    Agree. And consider a Keystone Patch Panel: you terminate your cable to a keystone, and it then plugs into panel...
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    Solved Using Cat 6 UTP connector on Cat 6a STP wire?

    Hi--by crimped do you mean RJ45 connector on the end, or you are using "punch down" keystone jacks? These are "crimped" connections. This is a keystone jack and generally it's referred to as "punch down" instead of crimping. If you are trying to crimp Cat6a with Cat6 RJ45 connectors, I...
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    Advice sought regards best solution for providing ethernet to detached garage. Homeplug vs Mesh vs P2P Bridge?

    Hi Tech9, an old thread, but, a thought here: lightning. It's getting more common. A steel and copper wire between two buildings is Ben Franklin level lightning seeking. This guy, the 8 Bit Guy on youtube, put a fiber optic connection between his house and the house next door. Why? His...
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    Advise on the benefit of a firewalled router

    Tech9 is correct. If you attract attention on the internet, one thing that is easy to do is take a fingerprint of your PC: https://amiunique.org on the Internet Help us investigate the diversity of web browsers This website aims at studying the diversity of browser fingerprints and providing...
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    Advise on the benefit of a firewalled router

    Ah, this is a frame of reference thing. You wrote For me (USA English, don't hold it against me!) the modem is first, then comes the router, then lastly the switch. Modem >> router >> switch. When you say "switch is before router", to me that sounds like Modem >> switch >> router.
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    Advise on the benefit of a firewalled router

    Definitely because he is not everyone's favorite/controversial. I trust Proton (with my email) and they really seem to do things right. But, as you said, who can you trust? But, I do not have any audit/traffic/legitimate data or proof.
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    Advise on the benefit of a firewalled router

    I do not think that works. The router hands out local IP addresses. If switch is before router, between router and internet, then it can't hand out IP addresses.
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    Advise on the benefit of a firewalled router

    Starlink. www.starlink.com/us/?srsltid=AfmBOoo2tp_wGxnb_lyt-3mpNOy-QaVM743Dq-jPbzQIPFTP0ywtpCWk A firewall does not protect your data from your ISP. A VPN could. Linux does not protect your traffic anymore than MacOS or Windows. It's traffic. VPN. As Tech9 says, there is a LONG list...
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    Best range?

    I am just glad there's not a giant thermonuclear reactor in the sky for an average of about 12 hours every day, that puts out all sorts of radiation! Can you imagine? If there was such a thing, it would probably interfere with my 1.21 gigawatt 5ghz 5G router! PS: my microwave popcorn keeps...
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    High reliability and large range under 350?

    Yay! The triumph of function (long range, reliability) over form (OK, it looks like a head crab from Half Life, or the mutated geologist's walking head thing from "Prometheus" (why did they open the hangar door for it?), but it works great! You can turn off the gamer lights in Merlin's...
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