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vacho's avatar
vacho
Aspirant
Jul 14, 2021

laptop stolen - how to reset the VPN keys

Hello Community,

 

My laptop got stolen and I want to make sure they cannot access my VPN.

 

How do I reset the VPN keys to ensure security? 

 

I have the nighthawk 1900

 

Thank you everyone for helping

4 Replies

    • antinode's avatar
      antinode
      Guru
      Jul 15, 2021

      > I have the nighthawk 1900

       

         Not a model number.  Look for "Model" on the product label.

       


      > This theard may help you out.

       

         Thanks for the indirect pointer to the very long thread.  My quick
      look at it suggested that enabling Telnet access to the router would be
      needed to do the actual work.

       

         How, exactly, would you suggest that a victim do that, considering
      that Netgear seems to have broken the usual scheme in every R7000
      firmware version after V1.0.9.42_10.2.44"?

       

            https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1786837


         Or am I missing something?

    • vacho's avatar
      vacho
      Aspirant
      Jul 15, 2021

      that really did not seem straightforward and easy.

      Netgear does not have proper documentation on how to do this? The link has a bunch of comments and suggestions, I dont know who and what to follow.

       


      Is there a way to only allow certain IP's to connect to my VPN?

       

      • antinode's avatar
        antinode
        Guru
        Jul 15, 2021

        > that really did not seem straightforward and easy. [...]

         

           That certainly was my impression.  Also, I just skimmed over that
        procedure, but I got the impression that some of it was not the way
        I'd've done things.

         

           But if Telnet (shell) access to the router is a requirement, and
        Netgear has removed that capability from every firmware version starting
        with "V1.0.9.60_10.2.60" (2018-11-28), then it's not clear that
        improving that procedure or its documentation would be helpful.

         

           Whether that four-year-old procedure, if it could be used at all,
        would still apply to more recent firmware versions is another mystery.

         

         

        > Not a model number. Look for "Model" on the product label.

         

           Still wondering.