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Modems/Routers : Add HTTPS when connecting to the NETGEAR Genie page
Hi NETGEAR, I have recently configured a few different NETGEAR ADSL Modems/Routers, to be specific the D6400 and DGND3700v2, but both of these don't appear to support a HTTPS connection to the NE...
1a) My comment is about WiFi Routers, not Cable/DSL-Modems that connect directly to the Internet. If I'm in the wrong thread, please someone, let me know?
1b) My cable modem is mine, not the ISP's. I purposely got the CM400 and will NEVER have a WiFi device directly connected to the ISP.
2) I have a 5-7 year old D-Link WiFi Router that can be administered over WiFi (ie; on local connections). Remote Administration (i.e.: over WAN) is turned OFF. I dislike that it does not allow itself to be administered using https, whether by my LAN computer or WiFi. Especially because any attempt to administer the Router (not talking about any modem) over WiFi using http results in the username and password being transmitted in cleartext.
3) I am leaving in the next few minutes to return an UNOPENED box to Frys#5. This was an impressive looking Netgear Nighthawk X4S AC2600 "Smart" WiFi Router. I downloaded and carefully searched the pdf Manual for it. I couldn't find any instructions like the very complete ones on my current D-Link Router. No way to figure out without opening the box and hooking the device and going through all its menus. Which I will not do. I need to know before I am stuck with something. I am just surviving on SS.
4) Additionally, I want a device that gets REGULAR security updates as hacks are discovered, like my Ubiquity wired ER-X, that I'm getting ready to "up-flash" and put into service directly between my modem and D-Link WiFi Router. Of course, nobody will be doing that.
5) So what I really need is to have someone clue me in to any WiFi ROUTER allowing administration over https. I give up on security firmware updates. I don't even care if I have to fall back to n300 stuck on 2.4GHz. I want SECURITY over ANY "feature".
1a) Again, if this thread is mostly about MODEMS then someone please ... well, "tell me where to go"? I know, leaving myself open with that one.
Thanks to anyone who read this. I can only wish I knew enough to contribute to the group.
DrWattsOn