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Bell Giga hub - double NAT or PPoE?

Bell Giga hub - double NAT or PPoE?

What is double NAT and why is it bad? Network address translation (NAT) is a function that your router or gateway performs to create your network. NAT changes the wide area network (WAN) IP address that your Internet service provider (ISP) assigns you from public to private, which allows multiple

pfSense workaround for Terrapin SSH Attack

pfSense workaround for Terrapin SSH Attack

Context Potential SSH man in the middle attack; publicly disclosed Dec 18, 2023 Terrapin AttackFabian Bäumer, Marcus Brinkmann, Jörg SchwenkTerrapin attack - WikipediaWikimedia Foundation, Inc.Contributors to Wikimedia projects Workaround Rather than wait for a full release update from Netgate for pfSense/pfSense+ Enable the System Patches package Development — System

Teksavvy cable internet quirks

Teksavvy cable internet quirks

Preface I recently had the "opportunity" to try out Teksavvy's cable service. Long story short, I was a bit disillusioned with Bell because they were offering better prices to new customers vs rewarding long-time customer loyalty. In a fit of controlled and passive-aggressive rage, I requested

Overriding ISP DNS server settings in pfSense

Overriding ISP DNS server settings in pfSense

I'm not really a fan of using my ISP provided upstream DNS server; besides the lackluster performance, there's also some serious privacy concerns. When you visit a website — or, in other words, make a DNS query — your ISP can collect your IP address, target hostname, and