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Why is my new router saying every site is unsafe?
I just installed a new RAX10, which was a pain to install, unlike other routers I have owned. Now, it is finding every new site that I try to visit is unsafe. When I say proceed anyway, it has been t...
I just got a new RAXE500 aand saw the same thing. I think it has something to do with the routers internal clock. but don't quote me on that. by the time i finished setting up the router settings, it had gone away. i think the warnings can be safely ignored as long as you only visit well known sites. in my case one of those warnings was handed out for this site, which was kinda funny if you ask me.
If another router is having the same issue, and if the router is fully set up, then chances are that the issue is something else.
While the router will get its time from an atomic clock server, it defaults to GMT-8 as the time zone, though since routers use self signed certificates anyway, they will never be trusted by default.
On the other hand on client devices, a timezone that is too far off of your current one, can cause security certificate issues since certificate management has gotten more strict over the years and the default behavior has become to be extremely sensitive to time. The only time you will encounter security warnings is if you have security software that doesn't k ow how to handle router setup page redirects. On rare cases, you can encounter a bad anti-virus install where the software fails to install its own root certificate, since for them to be able to scan that traffic, they need to have a root certificate on to avoud causing the browser to freak out when it intercepts the encrypted traffic.
The RAXE500 doesn't mess with WAN traffic outside of the initial setup, unless you enable the armor service, which will intercept known malicious DNS requests.
If possible, double check the time on your PC, as well as look at the details of any SSL errors to see the details about what certificate is being used.
While the router will get its time from an atomic clock server, it defaults to GMT-8 as the time zone, though since routers use self signed certificates anyway, they will never be trusted by default.
On the other hand on client devices, a timezone that is too far off of your current one, can cause security certificate issues since certificate management has gotten more strict over the years and the default behavior has become to be extremely sensitive to time. The only time you will encounter security warnings is if you have security software that doesn't k ow how to handle router setup page redirects. On rare cases, you can encounter a bad anti-virus install where the software fails to install its own root certificate, since for them to be able to scan that traffic, they need to have a root certificate on to avoud causing the browser to freak out when it intercepts the encrypted traffic.
The RAXE500 doesn't mess with WAN traffic outside of the initial setup, unless you enable the armor service, which will intercept known malicious DNS requests.
If possible, double check the time on your PC, as well as look at the details of any SSL errors to see the details about what certificate is being used.
- in my case for some reason the raxe500 defaulted to London time. I am on the West coast of USA, so there was a big time difference that the router would have been reporting. issue went away after I setup the router (and fixed the clock setting). setting the router to PST fixed it for me