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TONYSNAPS
Aspirant
Nov 18, 2022

R6850 AC2000 NIGHTHAWK APP-WHEN I OPEN THE APP IT DOES NOT ASK FOR PASS WORD

More so regarding the NIGHTHAWK APP on samsung android, google chrome  

 

Why does it NOT ask for my password ?? 

 

it automatically opens access  to the router .

 

Is this because the app knows I am on MY wifi network ???

 

Just dont seem secure.

 

thank you all !!!!

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  • michaelkenward's avatar
    michaelkenward
    Guru
    Nov 19, 2022
    TONYSNAPS wrote:

     

    Why does it NOT ask for my password ?? 

     

    Hard to tell without a bit more detail on what you are doing.

     

    Which password is it asking for? Wifi? Router?

     

    Is this because the app knows I am on MY wifi network ???

     

    It does recognise that if you are using Anywhere Access and have that set up on your R6850.

     

    Test it by changing your router's password. (Not the wifi.)

     

     

     

     

    • TONYSNAPS's avatar
      TONYSNAPS
      Aspirant
      Nov 21, 2022
      Hi Michael
      It is NOT asking for a password.
      The nighthawk app automatically opens my wifi settings for my router.
      I's that the way it suppose to work ???
      Does not seem very secure
      • michaelkenward's avatar
        michaelkenward
        Guru
        Nov 21, 2022
        TONYSNAPS wrote:
        Hi Michael
        It is NOT asking for a password.
        The nighthawk app automatically opens my wifi settings for my router.
        I's that the way it suppose to work ???
        Does not seem very secure

        To access your router with the Nighthawk app, the first thing you do is connect to the wifi. That needs a password and is your first level of security.

         

        When you first connect, it will ask you for the router's own password, the one you also use when you connect to the browser graphical user interface (GUI).

         

        Like the wifi password, your phone will remember the password. (Do you really want to enter the wifi password every time you connect?)

         

        If you are on a remote session, with the Nighthawk App using the Internet to make the connection, again you have the usernamd and password on MyNetgear as protection. Again, do you wan t to fill in those details every time you connect?

         

        The Nighthawk App is behaving like everything else you use a phone with. It is no more and no less secure than anythng else you use, possibly more so because you have several layers of password to negotiate, wifi, MyNetgear and router.

         

        Your phone is just being helpful by remembering them.