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Re:Walmart router, others on Amazon, eBay have hidden backdo... by syntaxing on Monday November 23, 2020 @10:38PM (#25195036)
I had to put a router in between. So the setup is piHole -> Secondary Router with PiHole as router-wide DNS --> ISP router/modem. I'm kind of tempted to just straight up buy my own modem.
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Re:Walmart router, others on Amazon, eBay have hidden backdo... by 1vuio0pswjnm7 on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @02:42AM (#25196214)
If the ISP charges you a monthly fee for the modem/router (you are "leasing" the modem), and you have been a long-term customer, you may have already paid the full price of the modem; yet you do not own it.

Let's say the customer connects their own Wifi router to the ISP modem/router via Ethernet cable. There is no need for the ISP modem/router's Wifi AP. Does the ISP modem/router allow the customer to disable it?

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