I HACKED my Internet Service Provider's router. So I could get rid of it.

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  @tomazzaman · 2 years ago (edited) · pinned

  Wow. I didn&apos;t see this coming. Thanks everyone for kind words of support, I&apos;ll do my best to answer to everyone asap, but there are so many of you it&apos;ll take me a minute or two. Much love! ❤ (And for all of you who have subscribed - or are about to - a warm welcome!) <br><br>I&apos;m also working on my own router (currently in the planning stage). If you can spare two minutes, please fill out this pricing survey: <a href="https://research.typeform.com/to/KegRLBkD">https://research.typeform.com/to/KegRLBkD</a>

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  @gracearch · 1 year ago

  &quot;It even has a backdoor- sorry a ✨management interface✨&quot; lmfao xD

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  @p3chv0gel22 · 2 years ago

  Fun fact: Forcing you to use a specific router is illegal in Germany

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  @mattex3396 · 2 years ago

  As a fiber optic technician in Italy i can say that here (and i actually think in all europe) the ISP is forced by law to give you a way to use your own router. I work for the company that manages the infrastructure, so we work for every ISP that uses it, we install mainly 3 types of devices: Direct PON (Fiber direct to modem/router), SFP (SFP Module in router), external ONT (External terminal that you connect to a router&apos;s WAN. I first and usually second case the ISP will provide an ONT to allow you to use your own router.<br>Anyway the ISP using FritzBoxes use 7530/7590 for 1gbps and 5530 for 2.5gbps

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  @sven33r · 2 years ago

  Since 2016 there&apos;s &quot;Freie Routerwahl&quot; (free choice of router) in Germany by law. The ISP has to provide you all the login data and has to allow using whatever router you want. It&apos;s great.

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  @AndMart1962 · 2 years ago

  I know the feeling, in the UK, Shell Energy&apos;s new wi-fi 6 router is so locked down that you can&apos;t even change the default admin password. Talk about putting the needs of the ISP above the security of the user.

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  @Harold_Callahan · 1 year ago

  The ISP forcing you to use a router only they can provide is kind of like the water company forcing you to use their brand of faucet or toilet. It&apos;s crazy isn&apos;t it?

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  @hankscorpio42069 · 2 years ago

  That router looks like something you&apos;d find in a Fallout game.

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  @beneh1337 · 2 years ago

  Ive always had a problem with the way ISPs force you to do things their way. It was satisfying to watch someone with your skills solve the problem

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  @gwnlars_8306 · 1 year ago

  Hippity hoppity, my router is now really my property.

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  @1myfriendjohn · 2 years ago

  This is a perfect reverse engineering of the box and what is done. Fair play mate.

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  @piekay7285 · 2 years ago

  Since you mentioned AVM: yes they are very popular here, specifically because their routers are easy to use, but much higher quality than what your ISP might give you (in Germany it’s illegal to lock down the connection)

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