Re: Why? Home server routers
If I can untangle what the OP is saying...
Home routers are running Linux, you may not have known that. They often, as in the case of BT Home Hub and ASUS routers, have a USB socket which can take a hard drive or USB memory stick. This turns the router into a file server via it's SAMBA. Perhaps this is running SMBv1?
If you want to check this then you may have noticed a share in your Networking attributed to your router. You may also note a media share too.
Plenty of people would prefer the router to just be a router, firewall and hub for security reasons. However you've gotta admit it's tempting to use all that Linux goodness to provide a print server and any other server type things you can think of.
That is where ClearOS came from. That used to be Clark Connect which was a router. I now use ClearOS without any routing functions, just as a server.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
