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Security flaws if only used as access points
I have read the recient artical about the vulnerability with netgear routers. I have two netgear R7000 running older firmware V1.0.9.42_10.2.44. I do not upgrade because every newer verson of firmwar...
Greetings,
See the following link...
https://www.netgear.com/about/security/
Scroll down a little bit. It shows all of the security advisories, models affected, and the minimum version of FW required to be protected.. In the case of the R7000, 1.0.9.42 has protection against the recently discovered exploits.
I am the original poster. I am sorry for all the typos on my first post, my phones auto correct took over. In regards to the vulnerability with netgear routers, do I need to worry if I do not use my night walks as routers? I just used them as access points. They are two netgear R7000 running older firmware V1.0.9.42_10.2.44. I have an Edge Router X, all my traffic is going through the edge router first.
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Greetings,
See the following link...
https://www.netgear.com/about/security/
Scroll down a little bit. It shows all of the security advisories, models affected, and the minimum version of FW required to be protected.. In the case of the R7000, 1.0.9.42 has protection against the recently discovered exploits.