wratterus:

 

Just set one of these up today for the first time. 

 

Really nice device & like the UI - quick and clean. 

 

Band steering seems to work well. 

 

Thanks. UI will change at some stage though, that's the stock firmware with a few changed images. There is a more customer friendly UI on it's way later down the track.

As a techy you are likely happy with the current one though :)

wratterus:

 

Few thoughts - why is AES + TKIP still the default option for 2.4GHz? Everything really should be WPA2-AES only these days surely. 

 

Comparability is my understanding. Fair question though, Will Ask :)

wratterus:

 

Being forced to change the login password to something complex is a bit of a pain. I know it's good for security etc etc but for the average home user it's unnecessary and a pain as they are pretty much guaranteed to forget the password, meaning a factory reset is required next time someone wants to change a wireless password or something simple. As long as the routers ship nice and secure from the WAN side IMO there is no need to force a PW change - the other option would be to ship with a random password that does meet the requirements and print this on the back of the router like the wireless password is. 

 

Security Requirement.

wratterus:

 

Also I noticed there seems to be an unsecured "SPARK_FON" SSID broadcasting from somewhere - didn't have time to look into this further but is that coming from the ONT? First 6 digits of the MAC are 72:86:20. Not much of a fan of that if it is the case. 

 

Please flick me the details of your device, i'll double check this. it should be disabled.