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Skunky-One
Oct 17, 2019Aspirant
Unknown Device in Armor, but not in Nighthawk Page
Hi. I've got a weird situation where Armor displays a device connected to my network that doesn't appear when I login to my router. My questions are as follows: 1) If I remove the device in A...
- Oct 22, 2019
I removed the device from my network by increasing the strength of my password, and using access control. This was not my device. I plan to switch to WPA2 Enterprise encryption. That's pretty much kryptonite for hackers, isn't it?
It would be really nice if Netgear could build a radius server into their routers. That's what's needed for WPA2 Enterprise security. Those servers don't need a lot of horsepower. People have built them with Raspberry Pi model B. That's a 700 MHz processor. I'm not sure if this would be a good idea from a security perscpetive.
DexterJB
Oct 22, 2019NETGEAR Moderator
Hi Skunky-One, I've provided a response on your identical post on another board linked below.
To confirm, you don't have an Arris set top box in your network, correct?
Dexter
Skunky-One
Oct 22, 2019Aspirant
I removed the device from my network by increasing the strength of my password, and using access control. This was not my device. I plan to switch to WPA2 Enterprise encryption. That's pretty much kryptonite for hackers, isn't it?
It would be really nice if Netgear could build a radius server into their routers. That's what's needed for WPA2 Enterprise security. Those servers don't need a lot of horsepower. People have built them with Raspberry Pi model B. That's a 700 MHz processor. I'm not sure if this would be a good idea from a security perscpetive.