This is the unit you want to buy if you're serious about your home or Office security
Don't waste your time or money on flashy looking high end consumer units like the Netgear R8000's which claim to be secure but have more (obvious) holes in them than a Tetleys Tea bag :-) Welcome to my review, I'm an IT security specialist with 30 years under my belt. First up, this unit allows to to access and configure it purely from https in your web browser rather than http - this is a big deal, as anything sent over http can be easily seen by a bad actor or MitM attack - the Netgears don't even offer the option . . Second, this unit does not have the convenient but disastrously insecure WPA Pin wireless system on it, adding additional security. Thirdly, you can (and should) separate your Wireless network IP range from your local (or wired) devices IP range and this unit makes it easy. The benefit of this is that if someone does manage to access your wi-fi without permission, they're only going to see wireless devices and no core hardware (hopefully) :-) Now for the non techy stuff :-) The unit is easy to set up, sits neatly behind your current ISP supplied modem/router (even if you don't have a static IP) and creates a second NAT behind it relegating the traffic coming from your (insecure and almost certainly outdated) Modem/router supplied by your ISP to 'untrusted' status as it should be, giving you excellent protection from a wide range of bad actors, hackers and of course state sponsored snoopers. Finally, and like the high end comsumer units, the Pepwave offers the ability to control the types of websites visited (blocking pornographic or violent content for instance) and as it is not a 'mass market' device is relatively unlikely to be targetted by hacking 'Bots' which will always be written to attack mainstream products for maximum impact. So as I said at the beginning - if you're serious about security then buy one of these! If you just want to pose then the Netgears look cool and who cares if they leave your front door wide open?!!!
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