Linksys MR20EC

lol, It’s almost a method of getting people to go out and use these routers. Maybe their warning means they can’t get access to them.

I won't even consider a router that's not dd-wrt compatible. Currently running three, one of which is a Linksys.

I could see this model number out in the wild with zero context and it will never be forgotten as the best router of its time.

Good lord. They still sell those? They are *ANCIENT* at this point. I remember installing those things 14+ years ago when Wireless N first came out.

Is remote administration even enabled by default on a single model of router mentioned? Like, wouldn't you have had to go out of your way to purposefully reduce security by exposing the admin portal

Those older routers are especially vulnerable because the default passwords are known and not typically changed (70+% of all passwords on routers are NOT changed).

if you’ve got one of those routers, just update the firmware ASAP or swap it out. Linksys has been on a bunch of these lists lately.

If someone were using one of these routers as an access point to make a second WiFi network in his house just for his kids, it would be protected from outside attacks by the main router, right?

I’ve seen iPhones show up as Apple TV on mine and for some time, my Verizon router showed up as an iPhone (needed for MoCA to service the Fios One STB). It’s not always accurate in identifying the spe

Officially, they do, I think. I don’t know what Toob does, other ISPs I’ve had have never asked for it back despite the contract suggesting they might. May depend on how long you’ve been with them and

It'll be in your contract one way or the other. Sky asked for my 2016 Sky Q Hub back when I switched to Trooli in January. That was a "are they mad?" moment, I assume they either get some kind of t

Toob does. If they ask you to return it, I don't know. VM did asked me for their router back after I've moved away from them.

There were any number of ‘cheap’ Linksys routers on eBay and Amazon but they were all branded with various ISPs. I believe the units they supply are ‘locked down’ in various ways to reduce their funct

I have two community fibre routers working as nodes pretty well.