Netgear fix for not able to connect to management console

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mark_e_h wrote:

Apparently Netgear is confused as to who owns the equipment I thought I purchased from them. Apparently I'm only borrowing from them. Bad enough to make changes without asking. Even worse to not inform me of what they are doing.

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I purchase electronic gizmos and install software all the time, and rarely have I taken the time to read the "Terms and Conditions" I am agreeing to.  It could be saying that I agree to be abducted by space aliens for all I know.  The T&C's that we all agreed to when unboxing and starting up Netgear routers are typical of what I find for most vendors:

https://www.netgear.com/about/terms-and-conditions/ 

Interesting sections include:

15. SOFTWARE UPDATES AND UPDATES TO THE PRODUCTS
    Software Updates. By using the Product, You agree to receive all Software Updates and upgrades that NETGEAR sends to the software included in the Product. You specifically agree Your Product may: (i) communicate with NETGEAR servers from time to time to automatically check for available updates, such as bug fixes, critical system updates, patches, enhanced functions, upgrades, missing plug-ins and new versions (collectively, “Software Updates”) and (ii) install the Software Updates. Such Software Updates may be in various forms and are generally provided for the purposes of improving the performance, security and reliability of the Product.

I particularly like this part of 23:

NETGEAR makes no warranty that the Product will meet Your requirements or that use of the Product will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free; nor does NETGEAR make any warranty as to the accuracy or reliability of any information obtained through the Product (including third party content), that any defects in the Product will be corrected or that the Product will be compatible with any other specific hardware or Product.