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Router doesn't log me out and security question
My router is an RAX50v2 with Firmware Version V1.1.4.28_2.1.26. It seems that the Router does not log me out when I click the logout option under my user account icon in the upper left. After I click logout and the router window closes, the router window will reopen without the need for a password next time I open it. Rebooting my Win 11 system will clear everything and require a password to access the router. Is this normal? Other than restarting, is there a way to log out and be sure that my router is secure?
In my wireless setup I noticed that the router was set to use WPA2-Personal, and other options are available, as in the screenshot. Is this the most secure setting that will work with my router and Win 11 and iOS systems? Thanks.
It's the Bitwarden password manager extension. Usually, if the autofill-on-page-load option is selected (mine is), the creds are entered in the login fields as asterisks and I must click OK. However, with the router login, for some reason, login is fully automatic and the router page opens without displaying the masked creds or requiring my OK. I may question the Bitwarden forum about this, although it really isn't a big deal or a security risk.
And because the Bitwarden extension loads as Chrome starts, it gives the impression that the router login creds survived a system reboot. They really didn't.
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Happens with different browsers?
Be sure to clear out all browser caches before entering into the routers web page.
I'd factory reset the router and setup from scratch.
>even if you don't logout, that signed-in state times-out soon, within a few minutes.
Not on mine. It keeps me logged in indefinitely.
>that 2nd device won't be able to hitch-hike on a the previous authentication. a screen like this intervenes, demanding a >new login.
True. That's what the Netgear tech told me, and that was really my concern, e.g., someone war driving and getting into my system. The bottom line is that I will be logged out when I reboot my system.
>there. feel better?
Yes, thanks very much!
