[ANNOUNCEMENT] Asuswrt-Merlin 386_x devices are no longer supported

[bennor]

Also, for those people that want to keep using some of these older models a while longer, what should be done to tighten/lock it down to continue using it?

Don't expose it, or it's services, to the internet if possible. If you have to expose it to the internet then turn off any WAN facing options/features and use long passwords when possible. Consider running other third party firmware like FreshTomato on it that is still being updated. If the router is supported by such other third party firmware. And there is this comment made yesterday in other discussion about using them as AP's on the local network.

Is running an old ASUS Merlin Router as and AP a security risk?

I have a old RT-AC56U that is no longer supported, if I want to run it in AP Mode behind another router is it a security risk on the wifi side because of no updates?

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[Ice9]

It's still going to be my main router that connects to the internet. I don't have any other routers to use. Passwords, I'm OK with, but what do you mean by WAN facing options?

 

[bennor]

but what do you mean by WAN facing options?

WAN facing meaning; opening up port forwarding to LAN clients, using the firmware VPN server, Web Access from WAN, AiCloud, and anything else that is accessible from the broadband side.