• Kilgore Trout
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    75 months ago

    The one on the right is ASUS, they make pretty good quality hardware and software and don’t spy on you, at least for what concerns routers.

    • @anivia@lemmy.ml
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      85 months ago

      You are talking about the same Asus that uses proprietary Trend Micro spyware on all its routers? At least it can be disabled, but by default it is enabled and spies on you

      • Kilgore Trout
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        25 months ago

        Yes. I thus recommend to flash Asuswrt-merlin. It is based on the stock Asus firmware, plus some features and minus some inconveniences as the one you mention.

        • @jkrtn@lemmy.ml
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          25 months ago

          I assume if it can be flashed it can take OpenWRT too? I like the aesthetic, but IDK I think I’d rather not support them at all if they put spying software on their stock installs.

          • Kilgore Trout
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            5 months ago

            I have a ASUS RTAX53U running OpenWrt 23.05.

            Here you can find a list of devices supported by the current version.

    • ɐɥO
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      25 months ago

      Why dont you give me your Routers source code if you have nothing to hide, Asus?

      • Kilgore Trout
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        85 months ago

        They are obligated to publish the routers’ firmware source code under GPL-2 since it’s primarily based on Tomato and OpenWRT firmware.

        You can find the respective source code on the Support page of every router, tab Driver & Utility > Driver & Tools > OS: Others.

        If the version you find there does not match the last published firmware, you can send them an e-mail.