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3QTRTime
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May 16, 2017
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Security CONCERN with WNDA3100 Wireless-N Dual Band USB Adapter

In visiting my mom (she is 90 years old and in a veterans home) for Mothers Day, I discovered a NETGEAR WNDA3100 plugged into a USB port in the back of her desktop PC. Her Windows PC has perfectly functional wifi capability built in. Is it possible that someone has installed that to connect remotely to a router that is NOT a part of the Veterans Home Network? Can the adapter be used as a path "in to" her computer? I removed it as I could not understand why it would be there!

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  • JamesGL's avatar
    JamesGL
    May 18, 2017

    Hi 3QTRTime,

     

    We are not sure as to why the adapter is installed on your mom's computer but the computer will only use one adapter at a time. You can ask people from veterans home to further investigate. One reason could be the adapter is stable than the built in adapter. It could be for performance purposes.

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    JamesGL
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    May 18, 2017

    Hi 3QTRTime,

     

    We are not sure as to why the adapter is installed on your mom's computer but the computer will only use one adapter at a time. You can ask people from veterans home to further investigate. One reason could be the adapter is stable than the built in adapter. It could be for performance purposes.

    • JamesGL's avatar
      JamesGL
      NETGEAR Employee Retired
      May 25, 2017

      Hi 3QTRTime,

       

      We’d greatly appreciate hearing your feedback letting us know if you need further assistance.