Getting more life out of the old laptop… nice!

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Oh yeah that would be a great alternative! It’s funny, I’ve been wondering the same. It’s in bridge mode, has a MASSIVE heatsink and a fan but is still super hot. Does modems really get that hot? I’d be curious to inspect what kind of traffic is coming out of the modem because my pihole isn’t catching anything from my router-onwards.

So I finally shucked mine and found a 40mm fan in the bottom that wasn’t running. In fact, I don’t think it ever has run since I never feel any air flow or hear anything. Did your XB8 have a fan?

It could be fun to set up my own router… Are you running OPNSense/pfSense on it?

Oh my goodness, this is the first time I’ve seen the innards of that AIO (all in one?) on the internet. Thank you! Where were the screws located on it?

So they essentially sell WiFi routers that come with their own native firmware based on OpenWRT out of the box? Do you know if you can flash mainline OpenWRT so it continues to get support? The price definitely is reasonable for me to consider running one of these as an access point.

I’m not familiar with this brand and from searching, they’re a company from Singapore but ship out of China. If you flash your own OpenWRT, would that eliminate any privacy/security concerns? Asking out of ignorance.

However, right now I’m looking for a dedicated Ethernet router but thanks for the info!

It’s an XB8 which I’ve heard mixed reviews on. Haven’t found any teardowns online so far though.

I’m in Canada - I’d be more than happy to pay for shipping and supplies but if it’s too much work or ends up being too pricey then don’t worry about it. :)

Ah, good idea.

I’m not seeing any exposed screws. I could try a plastic spudger but would like to avoid it. Even trying to open my ASUS router was a PITA as it was designed not to be opened.

Gets really hot and speeds/stability decrease.

Unfortunately my ISP doesn’t let me. I’ve had luck in the past improving stability with fixing the terrible thermals but this time around I’m trying to make a cleaner solution. Though I’d love to just run my own modem ideally.

I wish!! Nearly no ISPs in my country allow you to bring your own modem, so I have this bridged to my own router/access point. And yet it still gets very hot to the touch which certainly throttles the CPU.

Wait, really? Like 3d print something? I was actually toying with that idea but I haven’t dipped my toes into 3d printing yet and don’t have much time lately.

I may be able to get the smallest available zip ties in there. Maybe it’s possible to bend a wire and hook it through one hole and up another.

Anyone else thinking they were on a bicycling community for a sec?

21st century govenrments: Hey guys, why don’t we ban math?

Yeah good luck with that. Gotta give it to Apple on this one, though I’m not a huge fan of their business practices otherwise.