Posted on 06/02/2025 4:49:50 PM PDT by Bobbyvotes
I have been using this TP-Link router for 9 years. In the beginning years, it ran without any problems or freezes. Last 6 months, it froze once every day like clockwork. Every morning I had to reboot by unplugging and plugging power. Usually it only froze once every day. On rare occasions it froze twice in a day but that was rare. I was getting ready to buy a new one thinking it is just getting old..
But.... Strangely, during last two weeks it has not frozen or crashed even once! Nothing has changed. Same PC's and phones and security cameras in place for ever. Every morning I check if wi-fi is on, and to my surprise it is running. I am totally confused. I am guessing something changed by Xfinity.
You’re being watched. Be careful
I am still allowed to name things at the store. :)
Ask Alexa. If she hesitates even a nanosecond, she is the culprit. Rip her power cord out.
TP-links are known to have many back doors, weird behavior and actually phone home to China.
Look at the site
To be safe, get a low-end business level/quality router.
Replace it. Y now it’s so outdated. I do every 3 years.
Are you sending top secrets to China?
Ask your handler what new TP-Link router to get.
> The malware has been successfully installed and there is no further need for rebooting. 🤡
Yup, just throw the router out and get something newer.
Your router is seriously outdated. Time to buy a new one.
9 years with the same router? Unplug your router and go Buy A NEW ROUTER. THAT THING IS 150 IN ROUTER YEARS.
Disreagard my last response to you- i thogutn you commentted on on anothr thrrad i was in where they were joking about marriage and writing lol. I agree with your stagement for thia thread thiugh. If it aint broke, no need to fix
Log files tend to be wiped at reboot
OpenWrt is on all our TPlink routers
Even if she pauses for dramatic effecfs? Lol
Ran into buddy at work who was carrying a Cisco router card. Asked what up and he said they caught it trying to phone home, somewhere in China.
Didn’t work - completely isolated network.
They’re all made in China.
Are you paranoid enough?
Lol, plus they make a good emergency weapon, lrovied a person is strong enough to use it as a club/blunt object lol i have an o,d dell too- vert heavy as aell
portable
cheap
satellite
https://lovemypod.com/
I have one as back up to my home netgear wifi. Works while travelling too.
Ditto that. I had a similar problem with a DSL router. Service provider tech came out and I asked if there was a quick fix. He just replaced it and the router wasn’t 10 years old.
Routers are cheap and easy to replace. Life is short.
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