Idea Exchange For Business

I own an XS724EM 24-port 10G switch. It runs warm to the touch, and the default fan profile seems to err on the side of low noise rather than cooling. Tech support says that the switch is designed to spin down fans entirely unless a certain temperature threshold is reached.   Personally, I would prefer to see more aggressive cooling, even if meant slightly more fan noise. So my feature request is twofold:   Basic temperature monitoring (ambient, internal) in the admin GUI. All I want is a simple readout of how warm the switch currently thinks it is. Basic manual fan control in the admin GUI. I'm envisioning something like the "Cool/Balanced/Quiet" drop-down menu (see image) found on ReadyNAS units. I know the managed switches have functionality along these lines. To me, this basic temperature monitoring and control seems like it should definitely be included on Smart/Plus switches too. ... View more

Need a replacement for the BR200 and BR500 and quickly!   one location is maxed out on 1gb fiber and would like to go faster and have the site to site function actually work as orginaly advertised for the BR500.  Also need the LAN ports to be be fiber  ... View more

The GS105E v2 (5 port) and GS116E v2 (16 port) switches have the ability to disable Energy Efficient Ethernet (IEEE 802.3az) in the web interface via: System > Management > Power Saving Mode, Enable/Disable   This option is missing from the GS108E v3 (8 port) switch.   Can this be addressed in a future firmware update? ... View more

It would be immensely helpful to be able to add/edit names of client devices. It would be heck of a lot easy to figure out what each device is... Should be whatever system gets by default and then allowing user to edit, so I can name something like "Printer by Coffee machine" ... View more

It would be helpful if the SRK80 router supported defining firewall rules between VLANs. This would enable administrators to allow limited access to devices in other VLANs, more precisely than "Network Isolation" on (completely closed) or off (completely open).   A common use case of this feature would be to place IoT devices such as Chromecasts on an IoT VLAN and allow personal devices such as smartphones to control these IoT devices from a personal VLAN, withouth allowing IoT devices to access the personal VLAN. An example of this use-case is illustrated in OpenWRT which is already what the Orbi Pro Wifi 6 firmware is based on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvniZs8q3eU&t=310s ... View more

Hello,   in latest firmware 1.0.4.0 the WAX206 now supports Bridge Mode. No repeating, no wifi AP - only logging into an exisiting wireless network as a client and supplying this network to up to 4 connected wired devices. Exactly what I was looking for!   Problem: I am using a WiFi 6 AX router and a WiFi 5 repeater in my home. The WAX206 delivers great performance when connecting to the (also physically closer) AX router.   But occassionally the WAX206 connects to the WiFi 5 repeater instead, not using the performance of AX. The problem results from the Bridge Mode setup: You can enter the name of the WiFi network and the network password. You cannot select the MAC address of the AP the WAX206 shall connect to.   So as router and repeater are sending identical SSIDs the WAX206 does nothing wrong, basically - just using the entered login data and connecting. Other devices or repeaters do a wifi discovery showing all found networks in a list with the MAC addresses and you can select, which AP the repeater/client should use.   It would be really nice if firmware of WAX206 could be improved to make further settings possible when usind the Bridge Mode.   ... View more

Hi,    when I'm using the  Guest Network  chekbox in  Wireless Setting - Access Point ,  VLAN Isolation  is disabled.  This is quite limiting in network designs.  It would be great if the firmware allowed to assign Guest Networks to specific VLANs.   My actual case now is with WAX214, but I understand this intended and is applicable to other Wifi AP models, too.   Thanks,   Jo     ... View more

Given that your entire product line of ProSafe Smart switches only supports up to TLS 1.0, I'd like to suggest that you start working on making TLS 1.3 available.   Especially, since TLS 1.2 has been around since 2008 and you should really be embarassed that your business line of switches only support insecure communication methods.   ... View more

Dear Netgear & Orbi Pro Supporter I recently bought the Orbi SXR80 router and want to use VPN to remotely connect to my office. But I am amazed that the certificates for the connection cannot be changed in the administration interface. VPN is unusable because if the certificate falls into the wrong hands, anyone can connect to my device via VPN. This happens quickly if a cell phone is lost or stolen. Why not add a function to change the certificate? This should be very easy to do. According to the following link, this was apparently already planned: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-Pro-WiFi-for-Small-Business/Orbi-Pro-SRK60-Revoke-OpenVPN-client-certificate/m-p/2139485 This function is also required by other users: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-Pro-WiFi-for-Small-Business/How-to-renew-VPN-private-key/m-p/1689399 I urgently ask you to install this function, because without a VPN switched on is a major security problem! Kind regrads Carlos ... View more

Would love to see Armor available for the Orbi Pro SXK80. ... View more

Hi,   I purchased 2x WAC540 units with the absolute expectation of being able to dedicate/reserve/lock the 5GHz High Band for Bridge backhaul only, given that this is mentioned as a headline feature. However it appears that even though a particular Band is used for Bridge mode, normal clients can pick this band for their connectivity, and since it's a more performant band, all 5GHz-capable clients prefer it. I don't want to use the 5GHz Low Band for Bridge mode since it's half the bandwidth of the 5GHz High Band, and as we know already with Bridges, badnwidth is halved by their very nature.   I raised a ticket with NETGEAR and the reply was that this feature is only available with the Insight Subscription, and that I should raise it as a feature request. This feature "lockout" to paid subscription is NOT mentioned ANYWHERE in the documentation for these models which is really poor form. If it is, it is not easily found!   For now I have set the max number of clients on the 5GHZ High Band to be 1 to reduce contention.   The simplest thing for NETGEAR to introduce in a firmware update is allowing the max clients setting to be zero but that would not be very intuitive. A better option is to be able to choose which 5GHz Bands can be used for client SSIDs; at the moment we have radio buttons (which is single choice) to choose between: 2.4GHz 5GHz Both   It needs to be checkbox buttons (so multiple choice) to choose a combination of:   2.4GHz 5GHz Low 5GHz High   You could drop the Both (All) option since checking all of them is the equivalent.   An equally better option would be able to click a button that says "Dedicate this Band for Bridge mode only" when creating a Bridge.   I get that these APs a designed for Business/Enterprise WiFi where Insight subscriptions 100% make sense, but the features they provide just aren't available in SOHO/Home WiFi models and my setup is such that I need to Bridge between 2 houses only, for sharing internet, NAS, printing etc. I am a home consumer buying Business/Enterprise kit.   Thanks ... View more

What if we could have a superuser network that could cut across network isolation? Scenarion: - wireless 1: owner's network (superuser) - wireless 2: a network for guests, with network isolation Disired outcome: - How can wireless 1 see devices on wireless 2? - How can we ensure wireless 2 has no visibility of devices on wireless 1? I want W2 guests to be able to access Sonos, lights, fans that would be on W2, but not devices set on W1. All this while enabling W1 (superuser) to see IoT devices on any network. ... View more

Problem statement: GS324T deactivates the port due to suspected DDoS, but most likely it is a false positive - tuning is not really possible due to the missing information (in the log) about the reason(s).   The Switch log shows only one line:   <11> Apr 11 04:55:29 Main Home Switch-1 DOS[dtlTask]: dos_api.c(1928) 2115 %% ERR Interface g12 has been shutdown by DOS attack notification. Based on the reply on my post in the forum here, it looks like there is no possibility to have more information in the log, and identify the  real reasons, what exactly has triggered the port deactivation.  Hence, there is no possibility to "tune" the DDOS settings and avoid the "False Positive". In other words: only "blind" tuning possible.   Ask: To have the possibility to get more details about DDoS to the log e.g. by having different log level for DDoS, up to the additional information what exactly / what "active" parameter in DDoS settings has triggered the port deactivation.   Thanks, Andrey   ... View more

Can we get the software to be supported on MAC computers? ... View more

How could you not have port forwarding with Insight?? This is a standard requirement. I have to disable cloud management to get this working. This is NOT okay.  ... View more

ALL FIRMWARE should be updated. More info: https://betanews.com/2017/10/16/krack-wpa2-security-vulnerability/ ... View more

I have a couple issues with this BR200 that I installed today at a customer site. 1) no remote administration option: I understand that the intention is to use insight, but I would still like to use the web gui on the router remotely 2) insight management doesn't have QOS based on MAC or DSCP or IP 3) insight management doesn't have setting for port forwarding/triggering 4) can I not get into the admin web console UI of the br200 from Insight, so I can see the same interface that I see when I am local to the br200 (this is the one that leaves me scratching my head).  This seems like an obvious option that I can't find on insight, am I missing it? 5) my $50 cheapo router has remote admin for all the settings in it, why not the BR200?   I like the idea of having every netgear device that I manage centralized in a single portal, but I need way more control then what appears to be there now.  This is not working for me.  I now have to go back to the site tomorrow to set up a port forward to a local device on the network.   ... View more

When I bought this business class mesh system about a year back (1 router and 2 satellites), tech support stated that the product being a business producr does not have a built in firewall and I should procure an external firewall. A year back tech support stated that vlan segmentation and vlan to ssid mapping would be coming in a later release. At this point indeed the feature came in a later release of hardware in AX6000. I was talking to tech support today again as I purchased a decent hardware firewall and I would like to have the same vlan feature Iin the AX6000) of vlan 1,10,20 and 30 married to SSID with trunking available on the AC3000 as this should be basic network fiormware/software update and has nothing to do with wifi6 which may demand a new chipset. In the very least I need to segment the IOT stuff from business traffic. Can you please integrate proper vlan/ssid mapping into the AC3000 (SRR60). The way this should work is a user joins SSID Wireless 1 and should be part of the corresponding VLAN/Subnet and the AC3000 would run in AP mode and trunk (80-2.1q) the vlans via the WAN port to the Firewall which provides the IP routing, dhcp and all other services. I am not looking for wifi-6. ... View more

I have a Orbi pro sxk80 but can’t seem to find where to schedule one of the ssid to switch off at night and turn on in the morning. Help!! ... View more