I got my new router working.
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Maybe this is too nerdy for this group. I got an OpenWRT ONE router, replaced the old TP-Link one I had. The bad press got to me. The new one is fast, I could not believe how much faster things like downloading files is now.
The worst part was that I had picked out a complicated password with lots of punctuation, and typing that on phones and on-screen keyboards for TVs and game consoles was painful.
Also I pinged Google, and got an IPv6 response for the first time.
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too nerdy for this group
My GL.iNet OpenWRT arrives tomorrow to replace the TP-Link I'm currently using. I guess that answers the question about whether I belong in this club.
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Use a password manager! Changes your life when it comes to passwords. Never need to type another one besides to unlock the manager.
Do not reuse the same password, and make sure it’s at least 12-16 unique digits. Most password managers will create them for you.
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As an IPv6 advocate, it's quite something for me to see it show up in this community. Does that mean IPv6 is now commonplace enough to be dull? Who can say.
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Yes, all that. The password manager is not going to do anything for one's Nintendo Switch, however.
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Figured out your router, eh? Cool. I'm sure you'll be making fancy dining room furniture in no time!
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Did you buy a router with openWRT reinstalled or flash one yourself?
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I gave up on complicated Wi-Fi passwords. Who am I keeping out? To connect they'd need to be in or right next to my house anyway.
️The admin password on the router is intense though.
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Good network infrastructure at home always gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling. The blinkenlights, the five bars of 5GHz Wifi even in the back of the garden, the dashboard showing all the devices connected to the network chugging along, it's just, hmm, I find it very satisfying.
Also, it doubles as a presence detection for people which proves useful in home automation.
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I'm not sure it can be considered dull if half the people here got an erection reading"OpenWRT".
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It's 2025 and I'm still holding IPv6 workshops for otherwise very competent people. So... No, not common enough yet.
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hunter2.
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Kids these days with their wireless trim routers
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It's more dangerous for them to connect to me....
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I've found that complicated passwords plus using WPS for such devices are my most usable compromise.
Works with OpenWRT with some extra steps: https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wifi/basic#wps_options
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dullsters.net should be
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A few additional years in IT should dampen that down to a slight fizzing sensation in the general area.
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Sounds like a good day to me. How do you like it?
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I run OPNsense and it's another excellent option.
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My Wi-Fi password is a simple sentence that’s funny. It’s long enough (and has spaces and ‘) so not easily cracked, but very easy for friends.
