Idea Exchange For Business

The BR200 does allows for attached devices to be renamed on LAN1 but not on LAN2 if created with an additional VLAN which I have. I opened a case 44177466 where they confirmed with engineering it is not possible currently. They advised me to post the request here. ... 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

Hi,   I would like to see how much data in total is consumpted per device, i.e. a month, in either my BR200 or preferably in the webportal.   Is this possible? ... View more

Netgear insight content filtering Powered by RaGaPa is nice but it's blocking my Wyze cams. When I turn it off then the Wyze cams start working. Please put a port forwarding rule in the content filtering for Wyze cams and this would be so great! ... View more

Limiting the antenna power to levels like 100%, 50%, 25%, etc. is ridiculous and severly limits fine tuning it to the local radio enviroment.  Please update to allow changing it to values from 1 dBm to 18 (20) dBm like a normal person. ... View more

I have a network that has 3 x WAX610 (which by the way are missing from the model dropdown on this forum) and 3 x WAX540 (which we still use).   We have a lot of radios and may even need to have some more.   However, all the Radio and SSSID have to be managed at the "network location" level and are then shared to each AP.   We have one set of SSIDS and one set of Radio settings for 802.xx (irrespective of the AP device capability) which are rolled out.  This can cause a problem as all the same SSIDs have to used which you may not want to expose to some locations, and all the radio channels have to also operate the same which you may not want, and indeed may cause problems on older devices, which makes buying new 802.11ax devices redundant if you have to set them at 802.11g   For instance we have issues with some devices connecting to the WAX610 when its in 802.11ax mode but work fine on the WAX540 when its in 802.bg mode, but if we set that mode then we lose the advantage to the other devices running on later model that can take advantage of the WAX610.   So having this all WIFI data configured and fixed across the network sounds great, but makes it impossible (unless you disconnect the devices from Insight) to give each AP its own settings for the purpose you intended it for.   But there is an EASY solution!   It would be much better in each "network location" to be able to create a Wifi Radio Setting, which controls the radio channels, and another which controls the Wifi SSIDs, just like they do now...and have these saved as pre-defined group presets, so you could have    Radio Settings (ie channels and frequencies) - Front Entrance - Fast 802.11ax Main Floor - Slow 802.11bg Main floor - Outside   SSIDS (name, fast roaming, wpa etc) - Front Entrance - Internal - External   And then in each of the APs you have then referenc the pre-set group settings you've created which are then deployed to be used on that AP   AP1 - Foyer Radio: Front Entrance SSIDS: External   AP2 - Main Floor 1 (WAX610) Radio: Fast 802.11ax Main Floor SSIDS: Internal   AP3 - Main Floor 2 (WAC540) Radio: Slow 802.11bg Main floor SSDIS: Internal   etc   As you can see from the above example, this would give greater control to allow different APs to exist with specific (radio channel, 802.11x mode, and SSID) settings to how you expect them to be used with the clients and still all be managed centrally and WITHIN insight instead of outside.   The only way around this is to create a different location which complicates the management immensely and defects having a consolidated view of your network devices.   ... View more

In the client section of the Insight App, it would be useful to see additional information against each device, for instance, which channel frequency are they using 2.4 to 5Ghz, what channel are they using, what 802.11xx mode are they using, what WPA mode did they authenticate with, the RSSI signal strength, are they using a private MAC address (on a modern phone) - adding fields (and others) such as these into the Client's page would help with diagnosing connection problems.     Also would be good to be able to click on a client in the browser and see its history, so when it connect, disconnect, change AP if roamed, connect again etc, so we can see a history of the wireless client with relevant fields that will allow us to diagnose connectivity problems. ... View more

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

Netgear Insight, although I think targeted toward businesses, does not support compliant WPA2 Enterprise.  It forces TKIP+AES mixed mode.  It is impossible to enforce WPA2 Enterprise on an Insight managed device.  The devices are capable, but you have to unmanage a device and set CCMP-AES manually on the local interface, and that AP can never be managed by Insight, or it will change the encryption from AES back to TKIP+AES mixed mode. ... View more

We were wondering if you all could change the firmware for the Orbi SXS80 satellites to where we could put in our own IP address for the satellites. I could not find SXS80 in the Model list. Thanks   ... View more

Could you please add a simple “identify” button on the insight app that makes the satellite start blinking the LED light? When you are trying to figure out which satellite you are working on ????? ... View more

Is Engineering actually reviewing and making decisions on these forums; if so, why is so much blank in the other status?   There is nothing more dispiriting than being invited to comment, then taking the time to do it, then it appearing to go into a black hole with nothing by radio silence.   The best products succeed by remaining relevant to solving customers problems, obviously, this has to be done not in a bespoke way but a generic way, and the best way to do that is to listen and engage.   The more problems your products solve, the better word of mouth which hopefully captures new customers form existing ones, the better the brand image appears, the happy the customer, the greater success - its a win-win for all.   Forums which appear to engage but fail to list and explain create tastes, negative feelings and bad brands.   If this truly is a place to engage with product manage on issues, ideas and new features with Product Management at Netgear, I would expect some moderate, sensible engagement with the very people that determine what will go in and what won't.   This is how "challenger" banks became so disruptive, by listening, doing things differently, taking votes from customers on roadmap items, and continuing to listen....and what a success story that has been!         Product management can be hard, but existing customers are an endless source of new ideas, of creative ways that can be competitive, and differentiating, and should be listened to.    Have a voting system if there are enough people to help - but above all  a product which remains relevant really continues to sell the brand for ever.    please engage on here. ... View more

I don't think this is possible, as I've not found a way to do this at all, but in the Clients tab, I have a growling list of disconnected clients that just won't even be here again - some clients were transitory - so how does this list get managed so that clients which are no longer of any interested can be removed instead of this growing into a monster database table?     Can NetGlear place a button to remove discovered disconnected clients since if they appear again, they will just be rediscovered to keep the client's table running quick/smooth without unnecessary data from transient clients? ... View more

Please take off the restriction that Insighht will only show Ethernet wired clients that are LLDP enabled.   There should be a way to find the mac address of a device and other relevant information like it's assigned IP address, and which Switch it may be connected to.   There's so much more information given on the CLIENTS tab for wireless connections, but on the Wired connection unless the device support LLDP then its totally missing.   I think this is pretty poor to help in investigations into what is happening for clients that plug in physically using Ethernet. ... 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

Hello, the DHCP server is a bit "basic". Would it be possible to integrate some Options in the BR500 router and be able to manage them in the Insight portal. This would be a great advantage to maintain small sites with SIP phones. Option 2 (Time Zone Offset) Option 4 (Time Server) Option 60 (vendor ID) Option 66 (TFTP or HTTP server in stringvalue) Option 114 (URL) Option 120 (P-CSCF address) Thank You, Edouard ... View more

Would you please allow the WAC720 access points to be usable on Insight?  Without Insight compatibility, impending discontinuation of Business Central will remove cloud management functionality from these devices that were purchased only 1 year ago.  Thank you in advance! ... View more

I use IPSec VPN and Open VPN on my new BR200 routers. I understand there is a VPN Light on the hardware, but it doesnt turn on when having a VPN connection. I guess its a relic from the BR500 series. Either way, it would be great if I could see a visual representation on the hardware when I have an IPSec VPN connection. Is it possible to get that to happen?    Thanks for your hard work, best regards ... View more

Please add a page to auto display the MAC address of all the devices attached to the switch. By default, each port should be disabled, and I will enable it if I want to allow the attached device to access the network. It will be easier to set up ACL by Mac.  No typing MAC addresses no rules to setup.  Of course if you want to setup ACL by rules it should disable or override this page. But most network setups will really benefit from this simple way of controlling rogue devices and protecting unsupervised data ports. Consider that this feature will give Netgear and advantage over the competition. I will change all my network switches for those that have a feature like this.       ... View more