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JimmyW
Feb 28, 2024Luminary
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...
- Feb 29, 2024
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.
FURRYe38
Feb 28, 2024Guru - Experienced User
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.