[kwlug-disc] [kwlug-announce] Meeting Monday: OpenWRT

[CrankyOldBugger]

Not to rain on the parade here... but I noticed a number of people
recommending TP-Link.  I seem to recall several months ago (maybe over a
year ago) a big stink about TP-Link routers having backdoors.  Here's one
such example (looking for more):
http://malwarelist.net/2013/03/15/backdoor-in-tp-link-devices/

My question is.. would openWRT negate the backdoor, or is the problem a bit
deeper in the router?




On 14 August 2014 13:20, William Park <opengeometry at yahoo.ca> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 11:26:13AM -0400, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 11:31 PM, Paul Gallaway <paul at gallaway.ca>
> wrote:
> >
> > > The TP Link WDR4300 device Khalid recommended
> > > (well, one of the ones in his table) is also currently on-sale at
> > > Canada computers for $60.
> >
> > That one is very similar to my DLink DIR-835, but with 8MB flash
> > instead of 16MB, and making up for it by having 2 USB ports not just
> > one like mine.
> >
> > A good buy.
>
> I have TP-Link WDR4300 with DD-WRT.  I'd recommend it.  The 5GHz is a
> little weak, but no problem inside the house.
> --
> William
>
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