[Grisu]

has not been a discussion in the past for family members, equipment without need for intranet are connecting to guest with access to internet and between guests, opened this for friends connecting to each other.

Maybe too unsecure for some, will depend on everyones needs.

PS: I edited and posted a 2nd link above with 7 pages only discussing TrendMicro. Maybe interesting for you, conclusion – not working last releases!

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here a recent posting with newest 45708 firmware, still broken and not working, so no security but more problems than without: https://www.snbforums.com/threads/asus-rt-ac68-offered-3-0-0-4-384_45708.55814/page-3#post-476384

or here with many postings about TrendMicro business: https://www.snbforums.com/threads/384-6-now-sharing-data-to-trend-micro.48202/page-7#post-476545

Thats why I sold all my Asus equipment and for the time being (will be the next 10 years) very impressed with my AVM Fritz-Mesh even using all telephone-features offered by it on old POTS-connection and v-plus DSL on main 7590. 2 nodes 7582 connected via LAN and one WLAN-repeater 7590 with phones on this all working fine as it should. Guest network with restricted access spread to all 4 routers.

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Try it if you think you need this stuff, but if you run into any problem dont ask and disable it.

It makes everything slower as all requests must hit them in a first step.

I dont think they would ever block anything helpful for me for a good reason.

And I dont trust all undocumented things, they could tell us what they do and then you could test it.

There are many threads on SNB about it, some swear on it, others hate it totally – you will have to find your own way. Keep in mind, Asus doesnt pay anything, its a free feature for them and anyhow TrendMicro has to keep their business running, somewhere we have to pay them (most likely with grabbing our data).

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Sorry, yes you are right they are Japanese, my mistake.

But anyway, at the moment (since about Nov.) all recommend disabling it for now.

Like here: https://www.snbforums.com/threads/asus-rt-ac68-offered-3-0-0-4-384_45708.55814/page-2#post-476348

 

Only wanted to tell him leave it with recent firmwares.

 

And something to read about Trend Micro (only the first google hit): https://www.slashgear.com/trend-micro-apps-on-mac-app-store-also-spying-on-users-09544942/

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Bully wrote:

Should I have AiProtection enabled on this router? I’m worried if I turn it on it will hinder its performance?

There are many problems reported on SNB, AiProtection is using TrendMicro and last firmwares 45xxx completely has broken this feature, on the other side TrendMicro published fraudulent spy apps last year (oh – thats only happened with some sub-companies of them), so I am quite sure they are grabbing data with this free feature too, thats how chinese business works.

• This reply was modified 4 months, 3 weeks ago by UK Sentinel.

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your only problem will be to telnet to the router with Merlin as he stopped telnet-access over a year ago! ;-)

But you can SSH instead …

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Here you can download DSL-AC68U firmware with Merlin 384_7 enhancements: https://mega.nz/#!g4kCGQwI!DnuBw8C-FUuvU79_b74TMkja5_jFuXCLD-Pr45c0Xc0

How to compile it on your own you can read here: https://www.snbforums.com/threads/finally-got-merlin-fw-to-work-on-dsl-ac68u.48702/page-2#post-440497

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