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Armor vs BitDefender box2
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Armor vs BitDefender box2
First - when will Amor be available for Orbi (in the Jan 2018 press release it was promised before the Nighthawks) ?
Second, what is the difference in feature set between Armor and the Bitdefender Box2?
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Re: Armor vs BitDefender box2
Hello @AR247,
As stated in the press release:
"To be first introduced on the Nighthawk AC2300 Smart WiFi router (R7000P) later this quarter, NETGEAR Armor will be made available for the Orbi Whole Home WiFi system and the popular Nighthawk performance routers later in the year via firmware updates."
You may find more information on NETGEAR Armor in the link below:
https://www.netgear.com/landings/armor/
~Christian
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Re: Armor vs BitDefender box2
Bitdefender box 2 makes you put your wireless router into access point mode (bridged). Goodbye advanced router features.
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Re: Armor vs BitDefender box2
In another post a Netgear mod stated that Armor is only supported on Nighthawk routers so it looks like Armor will not be released for Orbi after all. Glad I went with the Box 2 for security.
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Re: Armor vs BitDefender box2
Armor works like a charm on ORBI RBK50 (March 2019). Still interested in an ARMOR vs Box 2 comparison from someone.
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Reminder to post here in the Armor forums:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/NETGEAR-Armor/bd-p/en-home-armor
Enjoy.
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Re: Armor vs BitDefender box2
@Einrich wrote:
Armor works like a charm on ORBI RBK50 (March 2019). Still interested in an ARMOR vs Box 2 comparison from someone.
I think that may be one person's perception.
Armor, in my view, is a shipwreck with no value added on Orbi. In fact, Armor reports Orbi and all satellites as a significant network threat (of course without any additional information).
Armor also reports other devices as a threat but also indicates those devices have never been scanned. So which one is it?
When considering the other devices that it reports as threats -- also without explaination or remediation recommendations, it is more scareware than anything else. My recommendation is to save your $.
Just one guy's opinion.
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Re: Armor vs BitDefender box2
The Armor went in and told me that none of my machines had any vulnerability issue. I find that surprising. My Mag256 is ok? What about the two samsung tvs? Quid the ps4?
This said... What I m interested in is knowing if the armor monitors traffic on my network? Does it scan packets like an antivirus or is it just a phishing url prevention tool. That I can get for free from a dns provider.
Does it add something to the router's firewall?
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Re: Armor vs BitDefender box2
An excellent series of questions you will never get answers to....
And then again, this is the Orbi community not the Armor community....
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