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Johnny54321
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Feb 10, 2018
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R9000 WiFi On/Off button OPENS WiFi to the Public, HUGE Security Flaw!

Nighthawk X10 R9000 Router Firmware Version V1.0.3.6 WiFi is configured to use WPA2 Security. Pushing the WiFi On/Off button for 3 seconds turns of the Button LED, and the Antenna LED's, and Shows ...
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FURRYe38
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Feb 20, 2018

Someting to get ahold of one of the Forum moderators about and ask them for help and info regarding this. 

 

I presume your FW is up to date? Make sure it is. 

 

You might try Voxels R9000 FW. It uses same UI, however back end stuff is better managed. 

https://www.voxel-firmware.com/Downloads/Voxel/html/r9000.html

 

Might give this a try, if same thing still happens then the core NG code would need to be looked at by NG.