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Need an option to Disable WPS for Bed & Breakfast & Caregiving In Private Home
My previous Netgear Router had a way to disable WPS. The one I just purchased doesn't have that option. From what I hear, this feature has been removed from all newer Netgear routers. I do caregiving & sometimes take in people with disabilities whose families or live-in caregivers need a break. And sometimes I take in teens/young adults who just aged out of the foster care system & need a transition before they're fully on their own. I set up a guest network for them, but don't like the idea they can get into the main network with the WPS. I was also thinking of doing a bed & breakfast. I don't like this feature being there for that either. I thought of enabling access control to prevent more devices from being added, but I read there is no way to enable it for only the main network & not the guest network. So other than finding a way to lock up the router, there doesn't seem to be a way to keep my computer & information safe from basically unknown guest & still allow them to have internet. The WPS button being accessible seems a security vulnerability for my situation. I'm sure there are other caregivers & bed breakfast owners in this situation as well. I'd really like to see the option of disabling the WPS.
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Did you look at the range of business wifi extenders?
Ann743 wrote:
I do caregiving & sometimes take in people with disabilities whose families or live-in caregivers need a break. And sometimes I take in teens/young adults who just aged out of the foster care system & need a transition before they're fully on their own. I set up a guest network for them, but don't like the idea they can get into the main network with the WPS. I was also thinking of doing a bed & breakfast. I don't like this feature being there for that either.
The circumstances you describe would suggest this as the best option.
Here is just one possibility:
AX1800 WiFi 6 Access Point (WAX210)
Inexpensive and no WPS.
Unless, I'm missing something the range of business wifi extenders won't solve the issue. From what I understand, a router is still a necessity with these & the extender just extends the signal. Is this correct? If so, this won't solve the issue of the wps being accessible on the router without finding a way to lock it up. And the range is very good, so need to extend it.
