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How to enable SSH on BR200 Firewall?
I have a new BR200 firewall (replaced an old ProSafe FVS318G).
How do I enable SSH in the BR200?
I've looked in all the GUI screens in Basic & Advanced and cannot find anything about enabling SSH
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Not sure you'd want SSH anyway as the Linux kernel version is pretty ancient (2.x, IIRC, based on an nmap scan I ran.) At that age SSH would be much more of a security risk than a benefit.
Hello,
SSH is not a feature on the BR200 unit as we do not allow internal access to the unit at this time.
"As far as I have checked the BR200 user manual here, SSH is not mentioned. It is possible that SSH access is only for the higher tier of NETGEAR Support."
Yes, I checked the manual too.
I have the WAC720 ProSafe wireless gateway that does have SSH and that is the only way I could dig myself out of the hole that was created when I upgraded its firmware and the new firmware did not support one of the "special" characters that I used in the password. Because it had SSH, I could PuTTY into the WAC720 using the old password and change it without having to start over again.
I would place the BR200 on the same tier as the WAC720 in terms of business class network devices.This seems like a omission by NETGEAR.
"SSH is not a feature on the BR200 unit as we do not allow internal access to the unit at this time."
Being that the BR200 is relatively new, is anything on the roadmap for future releases of firmware that will enable / include SSH to the BR200?We do plan to make improvements to the BR200, but cannot confirm what features are in the pipeline for this product. Be sure to be on the lookout for any updates to the BR200 in the near future.
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