muv
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Thanks. Just curious - why would you do it?They will be fine but at bare minimum I would factory reset them or even better flash them with the non-branded firmware.
Thanks. Just curious - why would you do it?They will be fine but at bare minimum I would factory reset them or even better flash them with the non-branded firmware.
Because you got no certaintity of what someone may have put in the router or if it has a malicious firmware:Thanks. Just curious - why would you do it?
Interesting view. Do you mean a used router from eBay may have it? Would the same concerns apply to the router provided by CF?Because you got no certaintity of what someone may have put in the router or if it has a malicious firmware:
https://www.ispreview.co.uk/talk/th...d-cyber-actors-hide-in-router-firmware.40511/
Unlikely to have spyware from China but it could have been compromised by hackers, or malware installed to steal passwords, capture banking credentials etc.Interesting view. Do you mean a used router from eBay may have it? Would the same concerns apply to the router provided by CF?
I usually reset used phones or laptops, but didn't think about network equipment. Although it seems quite obvious, provided you care about such risk at all.
A friend of mine mixed and matched CF Linksys routers with Linksys routers bought off Amazon and had some network issues which were resolved once he removed the non-CF routers. So the evidence does seem to support the fact that routers in different firmware might lead to problems. And Linksys probably only tests their equipment using the same firmware version otherwise their regression testing would be virtually infinite having to combine multiple products using different firmware versions.I’ve got a CF MX4200 I’m testing atm with V1 firmware reflashed to retail. Looking at an additional unit as these will go to a family member behind a pfsense firewall.
Can you mix models and firmware versions? They’ll be all wired in and in bridge mode. Aim to replace the junk Virgin hub3 for wireless work.
Failing that UniFi Express might be considered.