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				How often to upgrade routers?
				Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 7:02 am
				by Skeithex
				How often do you feel people should upgrade their routers and other network equipment?
			 
			
					
				Re: How often to upgrade routers?
				Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 1:36 am
				by froggyboy604
				If the router works for them, and does not slow down their internet, I feel people should not upgrade their router unless there are security problems with their router.
			 
			
					
				Re: How often to upgrade routers?
				Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 7:43 am
				by Skeithex
				At work to increase our sale profit, we've been told that security advances can make a router outdated quickly. So buying a new one can give a person a more secure network.
			 
			
					
				Re: How often to upgrade routers?
				Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 4:10 pm
				by froggyboy604
				There is also a chance of buying a less secure router if the router has security problems like unfixed security problems in the firmware or hardware like Intel Spectre and Meltdown.
			 
			
					
				Re: How often to upgrade routers?
				Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 7:34 am
				by Skeithex
				from what I understand all stores switch out their stock every six months for the latest and greatest. You only risk that if you were to buy a clearance router.
			 
			
					
				Re: How often to upgrade routers?
				Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 8:01 am
				by froggyboy604
				I heard some third-party router firmware like DD-WRT which is a Linux firmware is more secure than the firmware which comes with some new routers where they may re-use the old firmware without fixing security problems which exist.
			 
			
					
				Re: How often to upgrade routers?
				Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 6:25 am
				by Skeithex
				that's another issue, to push something out they may not fully upgrade it like they should.