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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Instead of trusting DLink with an off the shelf NAS, it might be easier to build your own with a Raspberry Pi running openmediavault hooked up to a couple of USB hard drives. It's worked well for me for over 6 years now with no issue and could cost way less.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I hate to say it, but depending on manufacturers for this kind of stuff will always inevitably lead to these kinds of situations. This is why I always buy OpenWrt compatible routers and DIY my own NAS.

Over the years, I've experienced:

  • Netgear refusing to patch bugs like their IPv6 firewall essentially letting all traffic through on the R7800
  • QNAP shipping NASes with Intel CPUs that had clock drift issues so bad they essentially bricked themselves. They then refused to provide any kind of support for them.

After that I basically said, fuck it, I'll DIY my own and have been much happier ever since. If you have the know-how and the time, DIY is the way to go for longevity.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I think it's easy to blame a company for how they are handling this, but at the same time, if you're using a router that old you should probably already assume that it has vulnerabilities that haven't and probably won't be patched.

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