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Router wifi settings gone after power outage
After a power outage, my Nighthawk router's wifi settings were gone and only I found default Netgear SSID's. I was able to log into the router with my admin password and other network settings seem t...
Since when does ANY equipment require a UPS to work properly? This is piss poor design in my eyes. Plan and simple.
TinaG
I started this thread nearly 2 years ago and Netgear still hasn't fixed this serious security problem. Totally agree that a UPS is just a DIY fix to Netgear's poor design and customer experience. This is the last time I buy Netgear equipment.
Seems stability has been restored after using openwrt firmware. It's still a good router but you can easily install openwrt but there is a learning curve. I was lucky to have a network background and it was rather easy for me. look into it it might save you a bit of cash. Also if you like DDwrt you can install openwrt then change the id of the router to r8000 usining cmd line. Either way OpenWRT is the way to fix this.
Openwrt is simple grab the Right firmware by looking up you router type. Then download the firmware file for the router. Then log into your router and under admin is update under that tab you just choose that file and install.
GBN OpenWRT it is still a DIY hack making the Netgear product a terrible product with horrible customer experience. This product has such a huge security hole. Unacceptable.
Note: I used OpenWRT with my old Cisco router but configuring it was difficult for me. I know just enough to be dangerous but not enough to configure everything properly. I don't have the time to tinker nor want to take the risk of turning my router into a brick.