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Turning off UPnP causes authentication errors RAX80
If you don't know what UPnP (universal plug n' play) is look it up. It's a notoriously poorly rated, insecure, feature which was implemented to make lazy manufacturers not have to fight routers when a...
Hi CyberTri - Would you mind providing a screenshot when the 'Authentication Error" occurs.
~Christian
- Really? You need a screen shot of the words "Authentication error"?
It happens on every device. Alexa. Android.
Turn off your UPnP and screen shot it yourself.- I have a case open for this. Case #: 41574005
Im just warning other people who also know that UPnP is a crap feature and Netgear has botched the ability to disable it on a "state of the art" AX device they just released Case #41574005
Bug confirmed:
Hi Dan, I was able to reproduce the issue in our lab and capture the debug logs as well. I will proceed on escalating this case to our engineering team ....... Regards, Eduard Expert ID: 8305 NETGEAR L2 Support Expert