kkarhan#Netgear has been garbage since the 2000s.
- #TPlink is mostly criminally neglectful in terms of #ITsec.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NIXvqtVWso via #GamersNexus feat. @Level1Techs ...
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@Level1Techs also many #CPE|s from #ISPs have #Backdoors like #TR069 that can do much more than remote-configure the #Modem part...
- Which is why I'd only use any CPEs as "Bridge Modem" and put my own #Router behind that.
That being said, it's not #TPlink's fault they don't run vanilla #OpenWRT, because the @EUCommission went full #Cyberfascist in terms of #RadioSpectrum and mandates manufacturers to lock down & geolock their transcievers & device firmware to comply with #CEPT & #ETSI norms.
@Level1Techs so If you wounder why you've to specify your Region and Location in #TPlink's firmware at setup or it'll only do 10mw @ 2,4 GHz, you can blame #Zensursula-led @EUCommission for that.
@Level1Techs That being said the sheer idea of using a #Router for #Authentification is just some #Cyberfascist Nightmare that completely falls flat on it's face when it's not a 1:1 correlation of User - Router.
- Most certainly it won't work reliably with #CGNAT or any non-static #IPv4 connection and mandate #IPv6, but also brick #privacy, thus is inherently wrong!
All non - #OpenSource #Hardware & #Software is #backdoored for #Govware unless proven otherwise!
@Level1Techs A good example for #Govware integrated in devices are #Ubiquiti #UniFi which rely on #Cavnium, a #Fab that has said capabilites "enabled" as per #PRISM documents of the #NSA...
- So yeah, don't trust anything you didn't #DIY out of #OpenSource #Hardware & #Software and got professionally audited by multiple competing security firms of diverging location.
Insert the "Router Chain Meme" here for good measure!
Yuki "neige d'aout" Hazuki 膤 ❄️ 
@kkarhan @Level1Techs @EUCommission that's mostly because different juridictions have different rules about wifi radios and 10mW is pretty much the common denominator, isn't it?
@Yuki @Level1Techs @EUCommission EXACTLY!
In #France, 2,4GHz is limited to 10mW due to military useage [presumably Radar]...
Kinda like how 5,1 GHz in #Germany is used for #RainRadar and thus it's illegal for outdoor use, and only legal indoors.
- So if you see Rain Radar Images with like Pie-Chart Pieces of Clouds: That's a spectrum violation that @BNetzA WILL KICK IN DOORS!
Similarly, 5,8GHz #WiFi has been reserved for #BFWA use...
https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/DE/Fachthemen/Telekommunikation/Frequenzen/OeffentlicheNetze/LokaleNetze/lokalenetze-node.html
https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/DE/Fachthemen/Telekommunikation/Frequenzen/Allgemeinzuteilungen/_DL/MobilfunkDectWlanCBFunk/vfg34_2017.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=2
@kkarhan @Level1Techs @EUCommission @BNetzA yeah, and governments sure love to sell spectrum to the lowest bidder
@Yuki @Level1Techs @EUCommission @BNetzA point is that #ISM applications like #WiFi & #Bluetooth ALWAYS get the short end of the stick…
@kkarhan @Level1Techs @EUCommission @BNetzA and not just, the spectrum for over the air TV in America shrank many times over the years, leading to many stations moving channels until the digital switchover which freed even more channels for selling off to broadband providers