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ZeroOne
Guide
Oct 03, 2016

Devices on my network stuck in Bypass login but I have no bypass login account

Hi all, Thanks for reading.   I had Parental controls working fine for a year. Now disaster. The router has changed the access level of a number of devices on my network. It has set a number of the...
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Genie
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Morelia's avatar
Morelia
Aspirant
Dec 15, 2016

Since NETGEAR has gone completely silent on this issue, despite the reported issue by multiple users, I am now researching alternative brands to replace this R8000 router. While I was researching highly rated routers last night, I found an interesting article posted on Tom's Guide pertaining to Netgear routers ( http://www.tomsguide.com/us/netgear-nighthawk-router-flaw,news-24015.html ) . This article was published 2 days ago. Two important things to note: #1 - this issue is so bad, the US Government has published a warning regarding the use of Netgear products ( link in article), and #2  - NETGEAR has known about this flaw since August.

 

If anyone can make any specific recommendations on a non-NETGEAR branded router to replace an R8000, I would be interested in hearing your personal experience.

 

Thanks,

Morelia