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Pfbjr88's avatar
Pfbjr88
Aspirant
Feb 02, 2024

Netgear Armor and Bitdefender Security compatibility? AX4200 Nighthawk AX5 5-Stream Wifi 6 Router

I have just purchased or received Nighthawk RAX42 and Nighthawk MR70 and a Nighthawk 1150v Modem! I have Bitdefender Central/Security/VPN subscription. How can I merge or omit Netgear Armor? Is there any benefits having both( either merged or using)? Should I delete one? Personally, I want to remove armor, I have the best already(basically they're one in the same).What would you do?

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  • michaelkenward's avatar
    michaelkenward
    Guru - Experienced User
    Feb 02, 2024
    Pfbjr88 wrote:
    I have just purchased or received Nighthawk RAX42 and Nighthawk MR70 and a Nighthawk 1150v Modem!

    Are you using both the routers on the network?That could cause problems.

     

    What is the Nighthawk 1150v Modem? That's not a Netgear model number.

     

    I have Bitdefender Central/Security/VPN subscription. How can I merge or omit Netgear Armor? Is there any benefits having both( either merged or using)? Should I delete one? Personally, I want to remove armor, I have the best already(basically they're one in the same). What would you do?

    Just disable Armor.

     

    Isn't that something that you can do with the Nighthawk App? (I never enabled it on my MR90.)

     

    • Pfbjr88's avatar
      Pfbjr88
      Aspirant
      Feb 03, 2024
      IDK for sure. I just got it set up and was exploring my options.when I ran onto the armor/ Bitdefender dilemma. The app is about half screwy. I was looking for opinions before I officially posted up on Netgear Tech. Dpt.
      Thank you for your assistance.
    • Pfbjr88's avatar
      Pfbjr88
      Aspirant
      Feb 03, 2024

      I didn't read the KB. Haven't even looked at it. My answer is yes it can. I'm doing it quite well and efficiently. I have done this for years. We have a large property and the apartment and the main house is spread out. ATM I have ran 2 lines of Cat6e but in the not so distant future I will run optical.(Whenever Spectrum catches up). My thoughts are to get rid of Armor and others agree, I will ASAP.
      My equipment is:
      NETGEAR Nighthawk MR70 w/MS70 
      ". ". ". " AX 4200 ( RAX42) @aptmt.
      Netgear Nighthawk??? CM1150v modem w/voice operating both routers on a single cable line@ 300Mb/s max at the apartment I'm pushing 325Mb/s to 430+ Mb/s.
      Thank you all for your assistance. Have a good day!