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Re:TP-Link firmware sends six DNS requests and one NTP query... by forgottenpass on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @11:42AM (#15915346)
>And if you rent rather than own, you likely can’t add cabling at all under the terms of your lease.

A POTS phonejack can use pair(s) in CAT 5 (or 5e, 6), and newish buildings often already run it to the wall jacks rather than CAT 3. Depending on access to the other end of the lines, and appetite for DIY upgrading a landlord's building, it's quite possible to temporarily swap the RJ11 hardware for some RJ45 and have a wired LAN ;)

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Re:TP-Link firmware sends six DNS requests and one NTP query... by tatersolid on Thursday December 14, 2017 @10:54PM (#15929570)
No building or home 25 years old has even Cat-3 in the walls. It’s all “uncategorized” cheap ass aluminum or maybe copper unshielded twisted pair.
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