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Tutor

Aug 05, 2019

Hide Nighthawk M2 model wi-fi username and password

I can’t hide the Netgear Nighthawk Wi-Fi username and password. I also have the M1 model, and to hide those details it’s a simple tick box that stops the details being displayed on the LCD. If I sele...

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Aug 11, 2019

Welcome to NETGEAR Community!

I would like to get more details of your device.

What is the exact model number of your device?

What is the firmware version?

Regards,
Blanca
Community Team

Racy
Tutor
Aug 12, 2019
Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

The Model No is MR2100
The SKU reference from the box is MR2100-1EEEUS
Teh Firmware Version is NTGX24_10.13.09.00
- Blanca_O
  NETGEAR Employee Retired
  Sep 03, 2019
  Hi Racy
  
  Let me check this with our engineers.
  
  Regards,
  Blanca
  Community Team
- W1lliam
  Virtuoso
  Sep 04, 2019
  With FW NTGX24_10.13.09.00, you can disable displaying the detail on LCD by SETTINGS->Setup->Wireless and uncheck "Display info on LCD", then you won't see the detail on LCD. This is done from Web GUI, not on the LCD itself.
  - Racy
    Tutor
    Sep 05, 2019
    I agree the option is there, it was through the Web GUI I unticked “Display info on LCD”, but it does not remove the detail on the LCD, it only masks the username and password (which can be unmasked simply by tapping them) as per my original post.
    
    I have an M1 on the unticking the box works perfectly, but the M2, in my opinion, has a serious security flaw.