Routers & Other Networking Stuff

I'm of the opinion that IDS/IPS's are nearly worthless. In 2021 most attacks happen at the application layer which are well beyond the reach of your typical network monitoring service. I used to run Snort inline but I don't even bother anymore. Keeping things patched, using OpenDNS and PiHole are exponentially more beneficial than an IDS/IPS service.

Edit: I'd be happy to be proven wrong!

I wouldn't say worthless, especially in a corporate environment for preventing bittorrent shit, etc. I also still see a number of DDos attacks out in the wild, we had a recent one where a girl on xbox was getting ddos'd because she was a girl I think and it wasn't masking her IP. And they are one of the reasons why worms really aren't a thing anymore. You kinda need your security to be comprehensive and end to end, people hiding things in usb firmware, etc. I do agree a pihole is probably 100x more beneficial currently for any home user.

I'm really liking the nextgen antivirus stuff, behavior based, not signature. Can tie it to your firewall, a cloud sandbox, etc. and it makes the decision and tells all the devices. It sees something trying to open powershell? nope. Doesn't matter what it is, outlook item, zip, macro.. just says no, and tells the firewall to block it.

Lanx said:

i'm finally gonna make an effort to network the new house and i'm rolling out new cable and my wife goes

"ugh why is that cable so ugly"

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Hate to be the bearer of bad news bro, but you fucked up. Copper Clad Aluminum is shit cable. Get some pure copper cable especially if you intend to have any POE devices like Cameras, Access Points, etc...

Lanx said:

my security cams are bnc, these cables will just handle data

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If I’m running cable I would still invest in the better stuff. It won’t hurt you if your distances are short, but I’m OCD about this stuff.

No way I would ever use that garbage.

Foler said:

Well shit, what’s your opinion of ubiquiti cat5e? Did my entire unifi network with it, so far so good..

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Seems to be solid copper so it’s fine. If you’re not running outdoors though I would just get some standard riser cable from Monoprice and save some money.

Foler said:

Well shit, what’s your opinion of ubiquiti cat5e? Did my entire unifi network with it, so far so good..

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Yeah think of it like steel-case vs brass and then resting your internet on it.

I wouldn't recommend doing that if your gear produces any heat. It wouldn't look as nice, but you'd probably be better off hanging a backboard to mount your equipment.