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WAC124 Netgear Account
Need a way to access this device without a Netgear account. Currently I'm forced to reboot the cable modem to knock the down the internet site wide to get local access to the WAC124. Othewise it wa...
Yes. It gives any Netgear engineer web access to this device. Also allows monitoring of network traffic. God only knows what else.
Found a solution.
https://download1.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/downloads/betas/2021/03-04-2021-r45891/netgear-wac124/
Yes. It gives any Netgear engineer web access to this device. Also allows monitoring of network traffic. God only knows what else.
Found a solution.
https://download1.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/downloads/betas/2021/03-04-2021-r45891/netgear-wac124/
DaveLister wrote:
Yes. It gives any Netgear engineer web access to this device. Also allows monitoring of network traffic. God only knows what else.
None of it. Just because the authentication happens on the cloud it's still only one identity having access. Just conspiracy theories...
How does Netgear restore your administration password if forgotten as the manual states? Either they have the password or the ability to reset the password. Both are bad.
This is an area where commodity is weighted higher than whatever security policies on these Essential Wireless Access Point models.
Again no, Netgear does not have your device local admin password - it's coming from the device itself after answering the hopefully well-thought recovery questions.
It's a moot point as corporate has directed I remove the device because transmitting IT activity to outside entities is a violation of our security policy. This device was deemed incompatible with the sarbanes oxley act.
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