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    How to permanently disable autoconf on router (wsdd2 and avahi-daemon)

    Awesome, was looking and finally found the way to turn Samba off in the GUI under USB Applications (I don't even have a USB drive plugged in so didn't think to look there initially, heh). That did the trick and closed even more unneeded open ports than I was hoping to manage. Excellent...
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    How to permanently disable autoconf on router (wsdd2 and avahi-daemon)

    So I hate zeroconf/autoconf for security reasons and try to disable it everywhere. Not sure how to go about doing so on the router though. When I ssh into my router and do 'netstat -tulpn', I see that wsdd2 is listening on port 3702 and avahi-daemon on port 5353. I would like to disable them...
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    New models to be introduced with 3006.102.2

    Thanks kindly for this explanation. I'm a lot less annoyed now about no 3006 for my AXE16000. Didn't know it wasn't stable yet even now. Plenty fine waiting until it is. I'm very new to Asuswrt-Merlin, only having installed it (3004.388.8_2_rog) for the first time a month or two ago, and I...
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    New user questions

    Hmmm, okay, but then does it provide an easy means for regular automated updating of the local blocklists, like pihole does? If so, then yes, I'd see it as a viable alternative.
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    New user questions

    Thanks for the suggestion. I have looked at AdGuard Home, it does look pretty good and if pihole didn't exist I'd probably go with it - but, my understanding is that if you enable AdGuard filters, it does communicate your queries to AdGuard's own servers (something about sending URL hashes for...
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    New user questions

    Eh, I'm not running my pihole/unbounds on Pis. I just installed them on two relatively powerful boxes (10th gen i9s) running ubuntu/linux mint that I have doing other things. The impact/footprint on those boxes is totally negligible. And I found the install/setup to be exceedingly simple...
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    New user questions

    I wonder if you guys realize how insufferable you can come across. Thanks for the help.
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    New user questions

    I will insert one last question for the moment, though, regarding the merlin version. Is the redirect logic intelligent enough that if the NTP server on the router were to fail for any reason, that it would stop redirecting, so that client requests would then be passed on to the upstream NTP...
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    New user questions

    Yes, I was actually typing as I received that that, all that said, I'm happy to see if just going to the server-based ntp setup that merlin provides is enough to solve my issue of occasionally losing a block due to unsynced vdf. Possible that just going to the client server model alone for ntp...
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    New user questions

    Here is a breakdown of how chrony compares to ntp, from the official Redhat documentation. Redhat (the enterprise solution) uses chrony by default, whereas debian uses systemd-timesyncd that is just ntp or ntpsec based. Reading the great number of advantages that the far newer chrony...
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    New user questions

    I installed YazFi in the first place because my guest network, being a different subnet, could not access my DNS servers on my main intranet subnet. If I can tell YazFi to cross the subnet boundary and access my dns servers on the different subnet, by using the different subnet 192.168.x.x...
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    New user questions

    As far as "rethinking my configuration", are you only referring to YazFi here? I only installed it yesterday because I didn't know about any other upcoming options (I mean, Guest Network Pro was mentioned but I didn't actually have it). I have no problem at all uninstalling it before doing my...
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    New user questions

    I'm running coordinated CPU crypto mining across 5 servers all of which have to maintain a synchronized vdf heartbeat pulse every single second. And if they are not synchronized, it can cause me to lose blocks. This is not a typical use case, and if improved time sync accuracy is available...
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    New user questions

    I see, so the main thing Skynet gives you is IP based rules as opposed to port rules. That clears that up. And yeah, I've no current use for IP based rules (that wouldn't interfere with work, anyway) so that settles that. As I mentioned in my OP, I already have the alternatives to Diversion...
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    New user questions

    Yes, I had already enabled the merlin version of NTP with redirect, and it does appear to be working fine. The inclination to use ntpmerlin was to switch to chrony, which from my understanding is significantly more accurate and deals much better with any interruption to services than ntp. Is...
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    New user questions

    I see! I was wondering why in all my searching I was seeing Asus documentation referring to a "VLAN" tab under the LAN section, as well as references to Guest Network Pro that I couldn't find anywhere under either stock or merlin. And it specifically said that AXE16000 should have those...
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    New user questions

    Hullo everyone. Finally installed merlin and really liking it so far. Transition was amazingly smooth - didn't even lose my public IP address during the firmware update, which used to get reset if I sneezed too hard near the stock firmware. So I have some questions regarding configuration and...
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    Release Asuswrt-Merlin 3004.388.8_2 is now available

    Finally made the plunge myself with my AXE16000 and installed merlin. Installed the ROG version of 388.8_2 over the stock firmware. Went beautifully - amazingly it didn't even reset my public IP, which would reset if I sneezed too hard near it on the stock firmware. And as I was promised in...
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    Does merlin reset router when assigning DHCP manual IP by MAC?

    Nice, I hadn't seen a screenshot of the merlin GUI yet. Looks very cool. One thing I'm curious about - I personally don't like to use the TrendMicro services, and prefer not to grant them permissions. The only feature that annoys me for losing is the Traffic Analyzer, specifically the...
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    Does merlin reset router when assigning DHCP manual IP by MAC?

    Oh, fantastic. I'll be spending some time this weekend installing some firmware then. Thank you! (I'm not concerned about existing network connections needing to reset to renew leases. 95% of the time I'd just be adding a new entry, not modifying an existing one.)
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