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Re:Apple apps on Big Sur bypass some firewalls and VPNs by zokier on Monday November 16, 2020 @08:16AM (#25111234)
I don't think age is factor here, routers shouldn't "crash" just because you push some bits through it, 5 years old or not.
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Re:Apple apps on Big Sur bypass some firewalls and VPNs by gjsman-1000 on Monday November 16, 2020 @10:13AM (#25112626)
Except, what’s crazy is that they do. I have an ISP-provided Xyzel C1100 modem, and sometimes it does just randomly crash and take about a minute to reload if we’re doing to much. I’d buy a good DSL modem, but it happens just under the threshold where I’d buy a $100 modem to fix it.
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Re:Apple apps on Big Sur bypass some firewalls and VPNs by heavyset_go on Monday November 16, 2020 @11:28AM (#25113568)
They are often not actively cooled and not build for high CPU usage and the heat that generates.
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Re:Apple apps on Big Sur bypass some firewalls and VPNs by ksec on Monday November 16, 2020 @10:54AM (#25113151)
Except they do.

And I have no idea why either, just like you said, passing bit around.

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