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Is my router a WISP router? I have a Netgear Nighthawk X6, model R8000 AC3200 Tri-Band WiFi Router
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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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Your R8000 can't do WISP. https://wifi-settings.com/wireless-routers/wisp-mode/
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Your R8000 can't do WISP. https://wifi-settings.com/wireless-routers/wisp-mode/
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Re: Is my router a WISP router? I have a Netgear Nighthawk X6, model R8000 AC3200 Tri-Band WiFi Rout
Thanks for your response and the link. Steve
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Re: Is my router a WISP router? I have a Netgear Nighthawk X6, model R8000 AC3200 Tri-Band WiFi Rout
> [...] 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.
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Re: Is my router a WISP router? I have a Netgear Nighthawk X6, model R8000 AC3200 Tri-Band WiFi Rout
Is there any chance that "WISP" here is the "E Pleb Neesta" version
of "WPA2-PSK [AES]"? _That_ would make _some_ sense, at least.
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