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ploo
Oct 13, 2018Guide
Orbi 2.2.1.210 fimware security issue (turns on guest network with no password)
Has anyone else experienced this? I upgraded by Orbi to 2.2.1.210 - everything seemed fine. I have a guest network (with a password) that I leave disabled and only enable when we have a guest. It is ...
offset
Nov 23, 2018Aspirant
I use a spectrum analyzer every now and then to see if my wifi has any interference with neighbors, etc.
Noticed for a couple days that a very strong signal called 'NETGEAR-Guest' had the same signal strength as me and I thought it was a neighbor.
After walking around trying to find the signal I determine that it had to be in my house.
I thought something was weird, so I went to the mobile app and it showed as disabled. In the mobile app, I enabled guest, hit save, then went and disabled guest and save and the guest ap then disappeared.
I wonder how many people out there have a guest signal open and don't even realize it, this seems very bad and I have no idea how this got enabled.
- jblack68Nov 23, 2018Apprentice
Ahhh same issue here and i didn't know about it until now, i had reloaded the firmware by scratch as well, massive security issue
- ja6aNov 23, 2018StarI would like to publish this as a security incident. Not sure about that process... It would be good to get the wider community involved.
- User00Nov 25, 2018Star
I had a similar issue and it turned out the satellite was connecting via the backhaul and needed a firmware reset along with a forced sync to the base. Certainly wasn't expecting that, but can imagine it's probably happening to a lot more folks who just expect to plug this up and not check all the settings.