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DaveLister
Oct 15, 2021Tutor
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...
- Oct 15, 2021
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/
techupdate0
Oct 16, 2021Tutor
DaveLister wrote: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 wants me to logon to a Netgear Northell account to allow access to setup. How do you disable the Netgear logon and go directly to the router?
Model: WAC124|AC2000 Dual Band 4x4
Hi,
If you doun't could you please let me know what is the best way to get rid from this issue?
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