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SteveAARP
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Jan 24, 2021
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Is my router a WISP router? I have a Netgear Nighthawk X6, model R8000 AC3200 Tri-Band WiFi Router

I am a volunteer with AARP TaxAide and do tax returns for low income families and seniors. Due to COVID-19, all 2020 tax returns will be prepared from home without face to face interactions with our clients. AARP and the IRS require routers to be WISP routers. I have been unable to confirm whether my Netgear Nighthawk X6, model R8000 AC3200 Tri-Band WiFi Router is a WISP router. If not, AARP will have to buy a WISP router that I will need to use in order to meet security requirements. Any insight or documentation about WISP routers would be appreciated. Thanks, Steve

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  • > [...] AARP and the IRS require routers to be WISP routers. [...]

     

       Says who?  Is this "requirement" folklore, or is there a document
    someplace?  (Where?)

     

       So far as I know, WISP (Wireless Internet Service Provider) refers to
    how a router is connected to the ISP.  Why would AARP, or the IRS, or
    anyone else care one whit about how your router is connected to your
    ISP?

     

    > [...] I have been unable to confirm whether my Netgear Nighthawk X6,
    > model R8000 AC3200 Tri-Band WiFi Router is a WISP router. [...]

     

       You might find some relevant information in a widely neglected
    resource:

     

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTFM

     

       Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
    for Documentation.  Get the User Manual.  Read.  Look for "WISP".  I
    wouldn't expect to find it.


    > [...] If not, AARP will have to buy a WISP router that I will need to
    > use in order to meet security requirements. [...]

     

       I don't see any connection between WISP and "security requirements".
    either.  And, if you don't have a wireless ISP, then I don't see any
    benefit to be obtained from a WISP-capable router.

     

    > [...] Any insight or documentation about WISP routers would be
    > appreciated.

     

       Try a "search" for "WISP router" on this new Inter-Web thing?  What
    is it?  Gargle dot com?  Something like that.

    • antinode's avatar
      antinode
      Guru

          Is there any chance that "WISP" here is the "E Pleb Neesta" version
      of "WPA2-PSK [AES]"?  _That_ would make _some_ sense, at least.