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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, ...
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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