There appears to be no way to lock out WPS. To allow or disallow WPS should be an admin permission. Anyone with access to the physical box could create a security risk. Visitors, cleaning personnel, and others could with the correct knowledge create a registered device on the wireless network, and at some later time from a location outside the home or office access the network. This is a major security hole. We often host large parties, and it is not possible to place the router behind locked doors.
Even the possible work-a-round to use Access Control is not sufficient, on page:
Advanced > Security > Access Control
What one would need is a third general rule that would be:
Block all new wireless devices from connecting.
And BTW, the header at the top of the page of this group is poorly written:
Access Rule: This is a general rule. You can also allow or block individual devices.
There are two general rules to choose from, so therefore the line should read:
Access Rules: These are general rules. You can also allow or block individual devices.
(v1.0.2.62 firmware)
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RNASguy wrote:
There appears to be no way to lock out WPS. To allow or disallow WPS should be an admin permission.
You don't say what device you are talking about – v1.0.2.62 firmware means nothing – but many Netgear boxes have a setting to disable WPS.
What one would need is a third general rule that would be:Block all new wireless devices from connecting.
That is also already there in most devices. Isn't that in Access Control on your device?
If you visit the support pages:
you can feed in the model number and find all the documentation for your hardware.
As you are asking for things that already exist on some kit, I have a strong suspicion that I may have misinterpreted what you are asking for. Tell us what device you are talking about and it may become clearer.
Hi ,
Thanks for you help. OOooppppsss, off course one would need hardware ID, my mistake.
Nighthawk X4S AC2600 4x4 DualBand Smart Wifi Router R7800
running firmware v1.0.2.62
I don't know if there are any hardware iterations for the R7800, but nothing on the box, case, or docs indicate a hardware version.
RE: your other points:
>> That is also already there in most devices. Isn't that in Access Control on your device?
No it is not. See attached:
>> .... but many Netgear boxes have a setting to disable WPS.
No, WPS cannot be locked out, with admin priviledge only. There is a switch on the router case, so if you have physical access to the router case you have access to the WAN WiFi. One can auto disable WPS PIN after x number of failed attempts, which I have set to "1" but it would be cleaner if the admin could just say NO to WPS.
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