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It's more likely your password was on some wordlist(s) used by someone to brute force your Wi-Fi network. I really don't think it had something to do with this particular security issue.
do you have the asus ai protection turn on? is there anything wrong asus rt ax56u that u have?Hello @SumTingWong
I would recommend this ASUS Router -> RT-AX86U
It is very user friendly and has build in security the other part is you do not need to be a network guru to understand how it works.
WiFi6 - Build in Security without a subscription and some advanced features and a forum community to get some advice.
I tried Netgear XR Series of routers with DumaOS and it is very unstable but the Forum Team from NetDuma is super fast and friendly - I myself did use a XR1000 and sent it back because it was unreliable and the security features are subscription based (Netgear Armor = Bitdefender but rebranded for Netgear and has its own roadmap)
Since I come from the IT-Field I reverted back to open-hardware with OPNsense. (Works for me but like mentioned this is for Network Admins or Power Users because you need a fundamental understanding how networking works with IP - Ports - Protocols - NAT)
Best regards
Val.
okay thanks.
I agree it probably wasn’t that issue. But the likelihood of my passphrase being brute forced is pretty low.
I currently don’t have an ASUS router, but when I did the AiProtection had no slowdown. Some people say it has started to slow very fast connections a little bit. I don’t think it would affect streaming and probably not torrents (unless you are downloading at very high speeds). It mostly helps IoT devices, and maybe computers with users that ignore their other security software. It’s fine for someone with good computer hygiene to turn it off.
AI protection is free, and lifetime. The networking forums I use basically came to the conclusion of it not doing anything outside of mining your data for Trend Micro. It doesn't affect performance much, if at all, but if it makes you feel better leaving it on, go right ahead. I personally turned it off. It eats up a small amount of memory, but nothing worth noting.
Honestly, if my model of the router came with such security features, I wouldn't use them because of privacy concern. I've read that visited URLs are sent to Trend Micro and I don't like a bit of that. And, I don't need such protection because all my PCs have uBlock Origin/Windows Defender, and all phones AdGuard installed which blocks ads and malware.
I didn't need the support so far and if I had a question, it was already answered on their community forum where TP-Link support employees are active. As far as I know, they are fairly responsive and if you encounter any issues with the router, they'll gladly help you and even provide beta FW if that might help you.
Worth to keep in mind: Asus, as well as TP-Link have every right to change free lifetime protection anytime.
Do keep in mind that these routes can't scan traffic going through port 443. Most malware these days tunnel their traffic through port 443 and is encrypted, apart from that most websites are now https only and does not use port 80. So these protection shields are mostly gimmicky and useless, unless they can intervene and scan encrypted traffic going through port 443. To effectively scan ( which is a kind of man in middle attack) you might need something like " squid" in pfsense.
I don’t believe AiProtection scans anything, it just blacklists IPs and watches for unusual traffic for IoT devices.
Correct.
It was an ASUS router with a strong passphrase and was up to date. I think I had a device on the network that had poor security, at least that’s my best guess.
oh okay
as far I read, the asus ai protection is like router antivirus? Does it lower your security by a lot by leaving this off? Does trend micro still collect your data if you have asus ai protection off?
Does tp link homeshield provided by avira has aggressive privacy policy like asus ai protection provided by trendmicro?
i know tp link is chinese company, but asus too? Any american company router though?
All of these routers are good including tp-link and Asus. I have both tp-link and asus routers for years and they are both reliable routers. But if I were you, I'd go with the Asus because it has more range than tp-link has. I've watched a youtube video once on which router had the best coverage and guess who was first on the list? yes Asus. The video helped me make up my mind, so I went for Asus and I never regretted buying it.
do you remember the youtube video you watch? Any of your router experience overheating or losing speed?
ASUS generally provides 5-10 years of firmware patches. I’ve always replaced mine before the firmware updates stopped. They also work with RMerlin at smallnetbuilderfirum who makes a tremendous custom firmware, they have incorporated multiple changes he’s made into the stock firmware that improve both stability and security.
does your asus router experience overheating, losing speed, and unstable connection, and anything like that?
I can't find the video on youtube. That was many years ago... but you can still find many videos on Asus if you searched for them. Never had overheating nor loss of speed issues. Maybe a tiny bit of overheating on my tp-link but not Asus.
It didn’t, I ran it for about 5 years. And there one before it for about 4. There have been models prone to that, but the most popular models seem to be well designed. If you live in a hot area, or will be stressing the processor for extended periods there are third party cooking solutions. Most people don’t need these.
