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Gateway password can be recovered via serial number?
So I notice. You can simply recover access to the gateway just with the serial number on the device. A neighbor, I played stupid with for a long time. But I’d like to be able to keep my gateway for lo...
it needs the serial and the answer to the security questions.
You can disable password recovery. I didn't see a specific guide for disabling it but there is one for enabling it. Use that but just don't enable it.
How do I enable the admin password recovery feature on my NETGEAR router? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
See I disable that fr the bat.
However every time I note attacks in my logs,
My passwords are 26 characters of scrambled numbers typed on an offline computer then encrypted. I’ve had someone confirm everything’s right, but the next day the gateway is incorrect and then it asks me for my serial to recover it?
However every time I note attacks in my logs,
My passwords are 26 characters of scrambled numbers typed on an offline computer then encrypted. I’ve had someone confirm everything’s right, but the next day the gateway is incorrect and then it asks me for my serial to recover it?
If you do a quick google search, theres a ton of false positives in the logs on "attacks"
- Still, the gateway changes . Sometimes after two days, sometimes overnight.