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My router is an RAX50v2 with Firmware Version V1.1.4.28_2.1.26. It seems that the Router does not log me out when I click the logout option under my user account icon in the upper left. After I click logout and the router window closes, the router window will reopen without the need for a password next time I open it. Rebooting my Win 11 system will clear everything and require a password to access the router. Is this normal? Other than restarting, is there a way to log out and be sure that my router is secure?
In my wireless setup I noticed that the router was set to use WPA2-Personal, and other options are available, as in the screenshot. Is this the most secure setting that will work with my router and Win 11 and iOS systems? Thanks.
Re: Router doesn't log me out and security question
It's the Bitwarden password manager extension. Usually, if the autofill-on-page-load option is selected (mine is), the creds are entered in the login fields as asterisks and I must click OK. However, with the router login, for some reason, login is fully automatic and the router page opens without displaying the masked creds or requiring my OK. I may question the Bitwarden forum about this, although it really isn't a big deal or a security risk.
And because the Bitwarden extension loads as Chrome starts, it gives the impression that the router login creds survived a system reboot. They really didn't.
Re: Router doesn't log me out and security question
>even if you don't logout, that signed-in state times-out soon, within a few minutes.
Not on mine. It keeps me logged in indefinitely.
>that 2nd device won't be able to hitch-hike on a the previous authentication. a screen like this intervenes, demanding a >new login.
True. That's what the Netgear tech told me, and that was really my concern, e.g., someone war driving and getting into my system. The bottom line is that I will be logged out when I reboot my system.
Re: Router doesn't log me out and security question
I just noted that the router keeps me logged in even after I reboot my system. But the issue does not present in MS Edge-logout is clean and complete. So, maybe it has to do with a Chrome extension: I ran a clean install of Chrome portable, and the issue does not present. So, the first thing to try is disabling my extensions one by one. I reset of the router doesn't appear to be indicated.
Re: Router doesn't log me out and security question
It's the Bitwarden password manager extension. Usually, if the autofill-on-page-load option is selected (mine is), the creds are entered in the login fields as asterisks and I must click OK. However, with the router login, for some reason, login is fully automatic and the router page opens without displaying the masked creds or requiring my OK. I may question the Bitwarden forum about this, although it really isn't a big deal or a security risk.
And because the Bitwarden extension loads as Chrome starts, it gives the impression that the router login creds survived a system reboot. They really didn't.
Re: Router doesn't log me out and security question
That was one of the first thing I tried when the issue first arose. My phone, using chrome, requires creds to login to the router. Bitwarden is rather bulletproof. I have it on my phone, but use it only on a case by case basis; it doesn't stay open very long, like my Chrome extension does.
