What wifi router now?

[Alexx1401]

Is this similar to what you're using? https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Extender-RE550-1900Mbps-Wireless/dp/B08TLT65WM/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1VNRRZEMWGFJI&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.uWXOR0KcAWNP9vR8132qKpCPvkaQFrYYWMSaraCmxiWsFzq3IfzdccGQR1EgeAkk2pugtpJSFI_UK8cEW8pT0HzKkIo0tCLzm3vqA6L20YnuiduoXdtRx_Jmh7w445vpU7lxaGkC3BD7t9n2SvtwAATrLjMF32V_mEK_MGc5rdZPKxXAzil9rf-DAf69RH6u6RMQ9WclKbZBniOxIAuSAyACiwHoNquMOg3seLR2xF4.7RQwc5ChFXS6MVPEhdxXPdOagV_aJg-JU9nP9pxjiWg&dib_tag=se&keywords=gli+range+extender&qid=1737054876&sprefix=gli+range+extender,aps,160&sr=8-3&ufe=app_do:amzn1.fos.9fe8cbfa-bf43-43d1-a707-3f4e65a4b666&th=1

If so, there are quite a few non-TP-Link range extenders of similar design that will replace it's function without having to re-engineer your whole setup, such as this one from Netgear: https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Wi-Fi-Range-Extender-EX6120/dp/B014YN7LVE/ref=sr_1_8?crid=1VNRRZEMWGFJI&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.uWXOR0KcAWNP9vR8132qKpCPvkaQFrYYWMSaraCmxiWsFzq3IfzdccGQR1EgeAkk2pugtpJSFI_UK8cEW8pT0HzKkIo0tCLzm3vqA6L20YnuiduoXdtRx_Jmh7w445vpU7lxaGkC3BD7t9n2SvtwAATrLjMF32V_mEK_MGc5rdZPKxXAzil9rf-DAf69RH6u6RMQ9WclKbZBniOxIAuSAyACiwHoNquMOg3seLR2xF4.7RQwc5ChFXS6MVPEhdxXPdOagV_aJg-JU9nP9pxjiWg&dib_tag=se&keywords=gli+range+extender&qid=1737054876&sprefix=gli+range+extender,aps,160&sr=8-8

I'm not endorsing it as I have never used it, just an example. There may be better ones available.

Bellow is the one I have
TP-Link AX5400 WiFi 6 Router (Archer AX73)- Dual Band Gigabit Wireless

This makes it so when we are both out on the front porch we can both use tablets or laptops at the same time with no problems. What had me wondering is the "news" now that china may be using the router to do "something". If the TP LInk is some kind of real risk and the other is not, and just plug it in and go? That would be fine. If its something where I need some kind of tech knowledge to set up and use? Then it would probably just not happen.

 

[Kruel J]

I have a TP Link router as well. All of this stuff is made in China. If there is some real proof that TP Link has breached security then I'll replace it. Until then, they'll have to put up with my browser history.

 

[Nosferatu]

Bellow is the one I have
TP-Link AX5400 WiFi 6 Router (Archer AX73)- Dual Band Gigabit Wireless

This makes it so when we are both out on the front porch we can both use tablets or laptops at the same time with no problems. What had me wondering is the "news" now that china may be using the router to do "something". If the TP LInk is some kind of real risk and the other is not, and just plug it in and go? That would be fine. If its something where I need some kind of tech knowledge to set up and use? Then it would probably just not happen.

Ah, so you're just using a second gateway. It's functional for sure.

As far as 'plug and play' on the GLI, I'm not sure, but I suspect not. However, most the name brand homeowner stuff has easy setups that will guide you through the config to match what you have setup now. Linksys and Netgear are the most common alternatives.

 

[Alexx1401]

Ah, so you're just using a second gateway. It's functional for sure.

As far as 'plug and play' on the GLI, I'm not sure, but I suspect not. However, most the name brand homeowner stuff has easy setups that will guide you through the config to match what you have setup now. Linksys and Netgear are the most common alternatives.

In that case I will wait till I hear there is some real risk to mess with it. If they are just seeing what I do online? Hey they can have at that, could care less. I am sure that info is already sold to people all the time. I love the net but have never been interested in learning how to set up stuff or such. I want to plug it in, turn it on, and play.

 

[Nosferatu]

I have a TP Link router as well. All of this stuff is made in China. If there is some real proof that TP Link has breached security then I'll replace it. Until then, they'll have to put up with my browser history.

There's no confirmed direct exploitation just yet (that we're being told about, anyway), but there are confirmed firmware implants connected to Chinese state-sponsored hacking groups in several TP-Link devices that have been recently discovered.

It's unknown at this time if these have been used for the past attacks directed at TP-Link devices, but I don't need my house to burn down to keep me from lighting up a campfire inside.

I also lean a bit to the more safer-than-sorry side when it comes to data security having been a victim of ID theft in the past, which took almost a decade to recover from.

 

[Kruel J]

In that case I will wait till I hear there is some real risk to mess with it. If they are just seeing what I do online? Hey they can have at that, could care less. I am sure that info is already sold to people all the time. I love the net but have never been interested in learning how to set up stuff or such. I want to plug it in, turn it on, and play.

Haha I have a really boring browser history. Nothing spicy or nefarious at all. I got an email last week from some scammer saying that if I didn't pay him bitcoin he would release a video of me looking at "questionable websites" to all of my contacts. LOL knock yourself out dude, I don't even have a webcam.

 

[Kruel J]

There's no confirmed direct exploitation just yet (that we're being told about, anyway), but there are confirmed firmware implants connected to Chinese state-sponsored hacking groups in several TP-Link devices that have been recently discovered.

It's unknown at this time if these have been used for the past attacks directed at TP-Link devices, but I don't need my house to burn down to keep me from lighting up a campfire inside.

I also lean a bit to the more safer-than-sorry side when it comes to data security having been a victim of ID theft in the past, which took almost a decade to recover from.

I got caught up with ID theft myself probably 12 years ago or so. I think that's why I get so many scam calls and emails. Sometimes it's fun to drag the call out for a while just to let them know how much of their time I wasted.

 

[Alexx1401]

I got caught up with ID theft myself probably 12 years ago or so. I think that's why I get so many scam calls and emails. Sometimes it's fun to drag the call out for a while just to let them know how much of their time I wasted.

That is the one thing I miss about land lines. Used to love doing that. Call would come in, "hi this is Sam with Sams, looking for Alex. I would say hold on I will get him and set phone down. Come back if a few and ask did Alex pick up? Then say again, let me get him as I could hear them trying to stop me. Some of them would hang on for an amazing amount of time before they would give up

 

[elsie]

I use a Linksys E8450. American company but who knows which parts are made in China.

elsie

 

[Alexx1401]

You'd have to be able to shutoff the router and Wi-Fi functions on your Comcast XFi modem/router/Wi-Fi device first as the GL.iNet GL-MT6000 replaces those features entirely. And you'd likely have to continue the use of the TP-Link Wi-Fi extender to get coverage at your front porch.

Sounds like a not happening for me then. The TP Link I use is just stand alone WiFi Router. It just reaches out better as its more powerful. So at the house when you search for WiFi you see 2 of them here. The concast account and the TP link. Our phones have both saves and just choose one when we come into range. I did at first try a couple WiFi extenders. When I would first set them up at the Modem / router then move them to the other end of the house all worked great. Then a couple days later they would suddenly say they had no connection. Would have to go back, do the set up thing again, and all would be good for a short while and again lost connection. No idea if they just did not want to play well with the damn concast set up or what. When I sent the second one back to Amazon I ordered the TP Link router. Plugged a CAT5 from one of the outputs on the concast modem to it and we now have 2 WiFi systems. The TP one seems to reach MUCH further so I at that point called it good. I still have no real clue how the hell all this works.