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AC1200 WiFi Range Extender - password/security of existing router
OK, so a couple of concerns I have in light of so many hardware companies taking security for granted or worse...
To access the device, the connection is simply via a non-secure HTTP? So any passwords or other data passed between my machine and the device is not encrypted?
Further - is the devuce passing my wifi and connection passwords to Netgear servers?
I thought I should perhaps keep the device on a guest wifi connection but I am not sure if that will allow the guest device to not access the rest of my network - say for example to use the printer? Would appreciate any insight from those more expert than me.
- Hardware Version: EX6120
- Firmware Version: V1.0.0.16_1.0.11
3 Replies
Hello LogLog212
Netgear does not look at the wifi passwords it just does a password recovery for your login password which you would have to be directly connected to the extender in order to use that password to login to the device. As for the the printer if it is on a guest network then it would not be able to use all the main routers features.
DarrenM
So I don't care about whether Netgear "looks" at the password or not. My question is does Netgear/its products/its affiliates take my wifi password and store it anywhere other than my local computer or the local device?
Also I was hoping to get clarification on the login connection to the device itself - it seems this is not a secure http connection?
Hello loglog212
No netgear does not store your password anywhere online its just on your local devices.
DarrenM
