I guess you could also do power shedding during a power failure.  Like you’ve 
got 3 power sucking sectors and the site is running on batteries and the time 
to get there with a generator exceeds the battery runtime, so you decide to 
power down the APs to at least keep the backhauls running so the next tower 
downstream doesn’t lose its feed.  If most of the customers near that tower are 
also without power, that might be a reasonable decision.

 

 

From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of James Howard
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2020 9:26 AM
To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <af@af.afmug.com>
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Circle parental control device

 

I’ve never seen the performance hit that was claimed in the article.  I’ve had 
one since they first came out.  We’ve got the current model because they 
offered us a lifetime subscription version for a reasonable price as an 
upgrade.  I currently have it on wifi because I ran out of space and outlets 
where I put the router when I moved it.  I haven’t noticed any real difference 
in performance either way.  The only time I ever had to reset it was when I 
told it to put itself into the locked down profile that I had created and it 
blocked itself from getting to the internet and it couldn’t be managed anymore. 
 That kind of seems like a design flaw but that was with the old model so maybe 
you can’t do that with the current model.

 

From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com> > On Behalf 
Of Ken Hohhof
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2020 8:35 AM
To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <af@af.afmug.com 
<mailto:af@af.afmug.com> >
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Circle parental control device

 

I guess making them disable the Circle for troubleshooting might be a 
satisfactory compromise.  Although I thought it had a battery and WiFi so kids 
couldn’t just unplug it, how do you turn the darn thing off?  Battery pull?

 

Also, would it be reasonable to require them to connect the Circle with an 
Ethernet cable so everything isn’t taking a double trip through the WiFi?  That 
would eliminate one of my two concerns about the Circle.

 

 

From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com> > On Behalf 
Of Ryan Ray
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2020 2:39 AM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com <mailto:af@af.afmug.com> >
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Circle parental control device

 

If it works for them I don't care what people use on the network. If they 
called in for help we would tell them to unplug the circle first, just like 
someone troubleshooting over wireless.

 

We have enough control and insight into the home network with our own routers 
and extenders that I don't mind if people want to disable arp spoofing on the 
router to use a circle.

 

https://support.meetcircle.com/hc/en-us/articles/360026363452-CALIX-GIGACENTER-844G-844E-and-Circle

 

 

 

On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 5:45 AM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com 
<mailto:af...@kwisp.com> > wrote:

So you’re OK with a device that essentially does a man-in-the-middle attack on 
your managed router, using ARP spoofing to pretend to be the router, rerouting 
traffic multiple times across the WiFi network?  I’m trending toward the 
position that I won’t troubleshoot LAN issues or manage the router if the 
customer wants to do that.  And that if they really like the Circle parental 
controls, they should buy one of the Netgear routers that has Circle built in 
to the router.  No hacker tricks needed.

 

If customers want a “managed router” from us, meaning we are responsible for 
all their LAN and WiFi issues, I’m getting tired of them trying to add spoofing 
devices, range extenders, etc. to the network.  Hey Mr. Customer, if you want 
to manage your network, you’re welcome to, but it’s one or the other – ISP 
managed or customer managed.  Make up your mind.  Or call Geek Squad.

 

https://www.netgear.com/landings/circle/

 

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/07/can-disneys-circle-really-deliver-a-porn-free-internet/

 

 

From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com> > On Behalf 
Of Ryan Ray
Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 11:39 PM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com <mailto:af@af.afmug.com> >
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Circle parental control device

 

We have customers using Circle with a Calix 844e and 804 mesh and it works 
fine. 

 

 

On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 8:24 PM James Howard <ja...@litewire.net 
<mailto:ja...@litewire.net> > wrote:

I’ve got one connected at home with an Amplifi mesh.  I could see people 
blaming their ISP for stuff not working if they set the default settings to 
restrict a lot of stuff.  I set ours to block facebook and some other stuff for 
anybody who connects to the wifi but isn’t assigned to a profile.  I haven’t 
had any problems with it causing any signal issues though.

 

From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com> ] On 
Behalf Of Ken Hohhof
Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 3:59 PM
To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <af@af.afmug.com 
<mailto:af@af.afmug.com> >
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Circle parental control device

 

Hmmmm, does that work seamlessly, or could it cause problems people blame on 
their Internet?  And would it play nice with a range extender or mesh system?

 

From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com> > On Behalf 
Of Darin Steffl
Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 1:07 PM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com <mailto:af@af.afmug.com> >
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Circle parental control device

 

ARP spoofing. It's not inline at all. If possible, it should be hardwired to 
the router instead of wifi for best performance. 

 

On Wed, Sep 9, 2020, 12:51 PM Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com 
<mailto:thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> > wrote:

routerlimits had something similar, never got to investigate much before bark 
bought them

i figured it either did dns or spoofing of something

 

On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 12:43 PM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com 
<mailto:af...@kwisp.com> > wrote:

Customer has a Circle device on their WiFi network which apparently is a 
parental control device.

 

How does this work if it’s just another device on the WiFi?  It seems like it 
would have to either be inline with the path to the Internet, or somehow take 
over DNS.  Or is it doing something intrusive on the WiFi?

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