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WN3000RP disconnects
Just picked up my wn3000rp and hooked it up to my d-link dir-855 main router. All my wireless clients can connect to the extended network without any problems but... after 10 minutes the connection...
I had the same problem and after a hard weekend that drive me crazy I understood the problem.
My WN3000RP worked well for a couple of months and one day it start disconnecting very often. I noticed placing the device downstairs (insulated from other wifi interferences) it worked well. So I start to suspect about interferences.
I noticed my neighbor changed his router protection from WPA to WPS and and as this happened in the same days I start my problems with WN3000RP this give me a direction.
I noticed the WPS led blinked some times before the device stop working so I tried to find a way to disable WPS in the netgear but seems it is not possible.
So I tried another approach, creating a list of MAC addresses allowed to connect in the wireless settings of WN3000RP and this worked great. The problem of disconnection is solved.
I believe Netgear should investigate on this WPS vulnerability (seems it is a security action the device take when receive several invalid WPS enquires) and at least insert an option to de-activate WPS.:)
My WN3000RP worked well for a couple of months and one day it start disconnecting very often. I noticed placing the device downstairs (insulated from other wifi interferences) it worked well. So I start to suspect about interferences.
I noticed my neighbor changed his router protection from WPA to WPS and and as this happened in the same days I start my problems with WN3000RP this give me a direction.
I noticed the WPS led blinked some times before the device stop working so I tried to find a way to disable WPS in the netgear but seems it is not possible.
So I tried another approach, creating a list of MAC addresses allowed to connect in the wireless settings of WN3000RP and this worked great. The problem of disconnection is solved.
I believe Netgear should investigate on this WPS vulnerability (seems it is a security action the device take when receive several invalid WPS enquires) and at least insert an option to de-activate WPS.:)