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Does the Orbi 970 series allow SSH or Telnet access?
Hi everyone, I just got a new Wifi 7 setup - 2 970 satellites and an RBE971 router. I upgraded from some fairly old (5 year) Orbi models, and they have always been fantastic. I'm used to bei...
When the WiFi6 product line was introduced, command line access to the router was not included as a feature. (not even a 'hidden' feature) Some time ago, Netgear removed telnet access from the WiFi5 models. (there is an unsupported 'hack' that restores telnet on those models.)
Like the WiFi6 products, the WiFi7 products also do not provide command line access to the router.
Bummer.
When the WiFi6 product line was introduced, command line access to the router was not included as a feature. (not even a 'hidden' feature) Some time ago, Netgear removed telnet access from the WiFi5 models. (there is an unsupported 'hack' that restores telnet on those models.)
Like the WiFi6 products, the WiFi7 products also do not provide command line access to the router.
Bummer.
Thanks for the quick reply! I won't really miss telnet, but SSH is a good way to explore the machines. It was also a good way to find hidden pages by inspecting the web server directory setup. I used that on the older boxes to add more device types and icons for connected devices such as air conditioners.