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charleyrich
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Dec 19, 2020
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How to turn off WPS on C7800?

How can I trun off WPS on a C7800?  I went through all the options in basic and advanced and don't see an option to disable WPS.  The WPS Wizard is where it seems this is configured doesn't offer an ...
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  • antinode's avatar
    antinode
    Dec 20, 2020

    > [...] my screen for wireless, advanced doesn't look like what the
    > manual shows for tht screen. [...]

     

       _Which_ "wireless, advanced"?  Netgear's management interface
    structure has some potentially confusing quirks. Compare, for example:

     

          ADVANCED > Setup > Wireless Setup
    and
          ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings

charleyrich's avatar
charleyrich
Aspirant
Dec 20, 2020
plemans wrote:

the manual shows it as being an option under: ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings.

 

Page 74 of the manual

https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/C7800/C7800_UM_EN.pdf

 

Thanks for the help.  Unfortunately, my screen for wireless, advanced doesn't look like what the manual shows for tht screen.  I wonder if the version of firmware I have has altered the menu v3.01.43.

antinode's avatar
antinode
Guru
Dec 20, 2020

> [...] my screen for wireless, advanced doesn't look like what the
> manual shows for tht screen. [...]

 

   _Which_ "wireless, advanced"?  Netgear's management interface
structure has some potentially confusing quirks. Compare, for example:

 

      ADVANCED > Setup > Wireless Setup
and
      ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings

  • charleyrich's avatar
    charleyrich
    Aspirant
    Dec 20, 2020
    antinode wrote:

    > [...] my screen for wireless, advanced doesn't look like what the
    > manual shows for tht screen. [...]

     

       _Which_ "wireless, advanced"?  Netgear's management interface
    structure has some potentially confusing quirks. Compare, for example:

     

          ADVANCED > Setup > Wireless Setup
    and
          ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings

    Thanks!

     

    The 2nd path "ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings" - had the setting. Weird that they have two ways to get to this, both catagorized as "advanced" with different options.  Someone needs to go back to UI Design school...

     

    I made the change, the gateway did its reset, but I noticed the WPS light is still on the gateway!  Is it really off?? If I click the WPS button it does its blinking thing.  I unchecked "Enable Gateway's pin"  But, I suspect WPS is still enabled.  There are 2 other buttons net to pin entitled keep wireless settings (2.4 and 5).  Disabling them does not seem to make a difference.  In fact after applying this change they turn themselves back on...  fun...

     

     

    • antinode's avatar
      antinode
      Guru
      Dec 20, 2020

      > [...] Weird that they have two ways to get to this, [...]

       

         More lame than weird.

       

      > [...] Someone needs to go back to UI Design school...

       

         "back"?  It's probably too late now.  Change is bad, I always say.
      (Especially when documentation is involved.)  Perhaps it's all just a
      lesson in the value of precision in a problem description.

       

      > [...] I noticed the WPS light is still on the gateway! Is it really
      > off?? [...]

       

         Knowing nothing, I'd run the experiment.  But the button method and
      the PIN method are different.  To disable the button method, some
      physical alteration might be needed.  Everything's complicated, I
      allways say.