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fanof88
Aspirant
Jul 02, 2020

WPS LED won't stop flashing on RAX80

WPS LED constantly blinking. My concern is that if that led is blinking does that mean the router is broadcasting credentials for connecting to the network for other devices to connect automatically. Reason for concern is finding an unfamilar device connected to my network that I don't own. This device is a simple link door bell camera. Can't find a way to resolve this issue, and it is making me somewhat paranoid that anybody with a WPS enabled device can connect to my network.

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  • Christian_R's avatar
    Christian_R
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Jul 08, 2020

    Hello fanof88,

     

    May you factory reset the router and run through the setup assistant again.

     

    Christian 

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      fanof88
      Aspirant
      Jul 09, 2020

      Done this and reconfigured everything and low and behold WPS light started flashing constantly again. Could this be due to netgear pushing the netgear armor security in the latest firmware update? Even though I have it disabled in the nighthawk app it still shows that it is activated. Strange that the nighthawk app settings do not line up with router login.net. THis software has some serious bugs within it. Just my opinion. Still wondering about WPS light constantly flashing. Can this be a security concern?

      • Christian_R's avatar
        Christian_R
        NETGEAR Employee Retired
        Jul 10, 2020

        Hi fanof88,

         

        I'd like for our support team to look into this further. May you send me a private message with your email address, contact info, and serial number. 

         

        Thanks,

        Christian