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How to Launch Vulnerability Scan?
As the title says, how can I launch a vulnerability scan with netgear armor on my NightHawk R7000P? There is nowhere in the menu to launch one and I have had it since launch and no scan has been perf...
Hi all, adding to this, when a device is added to Orbi or Nighthawk router running Armor the scan should be completed at the time of it being added. Once the first scan is completed the device will get added to a scan queue and a vulnerability scan will occur once a week. If the time comes for a particular device to be scanned for vulnerabilities and that device is not online or connected to that router's network then the scan will be skipped and the device will be added to the bottom of the queue. The device that is on the bottom of the queue will have to wait for all other devices to be scanned before it gets around to it again.
I have been an IT professional for almost 40 years and have been designing/creating enterprise level web applications/sites during most of that time. I have 12 devices connected to my system all setup with reservations by mac address in the router. The vulnerability scans may have occurred, but the Netgear Armor software is definitely not registering the scan or logging any results. I have removed each of these devices from the Armor software and it has re-added each of the devices and still does not indicate that the device has been scanned. If Netgear is expecting me to pay $69.99/year for this product, they need to stop telling users how it is supposed to work and make sure that it does indeed work as expected.
Well said ControlledKhaos , I couldn't have put it any better. I'm one week into my 90-day trial period and have had all sorts of issues over and above the absence of vulnerability assessment scans . So I am not impressed.