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Enable Protection Engine option
Hi , Can someone explain what is the "Protection Engine" that i found in web management of my RAX50 Router ? It seems not related with Armor. Connect with cable and with this option enabled the pi...
I’ve been fighting issues with devices on my network needing to communicate locally with eachother for months, if not a year. It finally clicked it probably started when I got my netgear router. I’ve noticed I can print to a wireless printer if my computer is on Ethernet, but it’s extremely rare if it works with laptop on WiFi. Same with my phone. Sometimes will find printer but usually won’t. Same with lan mode on a 3D printer. And having issues with security cameras not saving clips to a local storage device. Today, I found protection engine was enabled. Disabling it solved all my issues. It really ticks me off that this feature which has 0 meaningful description has caused so many problems in the name of security. I can’t even submit a support ticket to netgear without a subscription, WTF! I thought this was the best place I could share my experience. Hope it helps someone.
Spudman01 wrote:
I’ve been fighting issues with devices on my network needing to communicate locally with eachother for months, if not a year. It finally clicked it probably started when I got my netgear router. I’ve noticed I can print to a wireless printer if my computer is on Ethernet, but it’s extremely rare if it works with laptop on WiFi. Same with my phone. Sometimes will find printer but usually won’t. Same with lan mode on a 3D printer. And having issues with security cameras not saving clips to a local storage device. Today, I found protection engine was enabled. Disabling it solved all my issues. It really ticks me off that this feature which has 0 meaningful description has caused so many problems in the name of security. I can’t even submit a support ticket to netgear without a subscription, WTF! I thought this was the best place I could share my experience. Hope it helps someone.