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mouthman
Aspirant
Jun 17, 2021

suggestions for new firmware R8000P

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mouthman
Aspirant
Jun 17, 2021

On the r8000p there should be a way to block people out of your network. Now if you block a person (on mac -level) unknown to you, they have no internet, but can still snoop around in your network. That is how a neighberhood-kid was able to obtain my registration-code and thus was able to constantly change my wifi-password, making it impossible for my daughter to follow her schooling via the internet. I'm having my router swapped (thanks Amazone) because of course he has this code written down somewhere.

 
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michaelkenward
Guru - Experienced User
Jun 18, 2021
mouthman wrote:

On the r8000p there should be a way to block people out of your network. Now if you block a person (on mac -level) unknown to you, they have no internet, but can still snoop around in your network.

Really? How?

 

mouthman wrote:

That is how a neighberhood-kid was able to obtain my registration-code and thus was able to constantly change my wifi-password, making it impossible for my daughter to follow her schooling via the internet. I'm having my router swapped (thanks Amazone) because of course he has this code written down somewhere.

How can someone get into the controls of your router without knowing the router's login password?

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    mouthman
    Aspirant
    Jul 05, 2021

    There seem to be hacker who can get past these passwords I've changed these passwords several times.... he gets hold of it every time. If he gets blocked, he takes revenge by blocking a device or changing the password of the 192.168.1.1. I,ve got him there... but the ultimate security issue netgear could takkle is this issue. I've just given up.... I'm paying for someones internet

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      michaelkenward
      Guru - Experienced User
      Jul 05, 2021
      mouthman wrote:

      There seem to be hacker who can get past these passwords I've changed these passwords several times.... he gets hold of it every time.

       

      Which passwords? Wifi?

       

      mouthman wrote:

      If he gets blocked, he takes revenge by blocking a device or changing the password of the 192.168.1.1.

       

      I find it hard to see who someone can do that unless they are on your local network.

       

      If you change the router's admin password to something complicated, unless you have enabled Anywhere Access, and they know the complicated username and passwords for that cloud service, they have to be on your network to change it to something else.

       

      So I'm having a hard time understand what your problem is.

       

      mouthman wrote:

      ... but the ultimate security issue netgear could takkle is this issue.

       

      Which issue would that be?

       

      Tell us exactly how this person breaks into your system and maybe someone can begin to see how you might fix it.

       

      If you change the admin username along with the SSID and passwords for the wifi, it is hard to see how someone can break in from the outside world. Friends and family, or course, are a different matter.

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        mouthman
        Aspirant
        Jul 05, 2021

        How? I haven't got a clue. I used to be an admin, if I used to be a hacker maybe I could give you an answer.