WAX220 initial configuration does not work

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mario_ed wrote:

Finally we managed to get connected through the RJ45 port with a PC, disabling DHCP and getting an IP in the same network that device default (192.168.0.xxx).

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Had checked the DHCP server (router) assignment for the device before going the hard way?

Nicely, these WAX are announcing themselves by SSDP (Simple Service Discovery Protocol, by a multicast packet to 239.255.255.250 on port 1900 UDP), usually visible on Windows Explorer for example.

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mario_ed wrote:

This was allowing us to access the configuration and the password written in the WAX220xxxxxxx-CONFIG-ONLY network. Surprisingly the password was completely different to the one written in the device label. It still uses two common words and 3 numbers, but it has nothing to do with the one in the label.

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This is what confused me, too. Not sure if this happens by default, or if a new key is defined when re-activating.

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mario_ed wrote:

It seems you have a quality problem here. Two devices with wrong password label, it is something to look at.

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Not me, I'm not Netgear. This is why I made a similar description recently, intended for Netgear QA. From what I understand, the two words and the nnn is generated based on the device serial number, and should match with the config and the printed label, indeed.