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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 ...
- This just happened to me tonight. I came home and was working on a CradlePoint and I noticed the Netgear-Guest network in my list. I click and attach to it and get an IP address. I'm then able to surf the internet. I pull up my port scanner and scan the subnet but I don't find anybody else. I wanted to know who had a wide open network so I did a reverse lookup and what do you know, it was my f-in IP address, blew me away! I went and checked the settings and sure enough it showed disabled while in fact it was enabled. I changed the guest network name and rebooted and it looks OK now, but this is a major security issue. I am running version 2.2.1.210 and have 1 satellite (likely not for much longer).