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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 ...
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.
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