Comment on I found a weird IP address on my network that had transmitted an insanely small amount of data. I put the address in my browser and got this. what the heck am I looking at?

• JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The router might have a page for fixed IP addresses.

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  • RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It does, and it’s not listed there.

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• thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  “home” isn’t descriptive enough. you can run some VERY powerful, in depth stuff if you were so inclined on a “home” network.

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  • RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It is more than your average home network. I have a dual WAN router with fiber on each to a different provider. (It is stupid overkill, but my wife and I both work from home and it is important not to be down). I use a pi-hole for ad blocking and unbound for recursive DNS resolution. Most of the devices are wired Ethernet, so I have a bunch of switches and kit to transform coax into fast Ethernet.

    I don’t mess with the firewalls, because that seems like there is a big downside to messing about if you get it wrong. That is all vanilla out of the box.

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    • thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      nice. firewalls are easy though, most you can keep vanilla. if you’ve setup a pihole, configuring a firewall is a breeze. most are all in ones also, so the router/gateway/firewall is all one box, just plug in your modem, then it’s a big switch basically with lots of options.

      I run a ubiquiti usg pro 4, first gen and have a 24 port ubiquiti switch and access points. I love it. super advanced users will complain about some things, but ultimately it’s perfectly fine for me without having to get meraki $tuff. I run a few small game servers, a seedbox and some vms, nothing crazy. it moves about 1 TB / day of data from various torrents and nzbs.

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