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WPS is ON all the time, and can't be disabled
Orbi RBS20/CBR40 System WiFi Monitor is showing the network as WPS enabled: so it seems it is susceptible to the WPS hacks out there. There is also no visible way to disable WPS within the Orbi L...
I am exploring how much effort it will be to hack the Orbi WPS PIN. While looking for hacking tools, I ran across this comment on the Cyber Weapons Lab web site: (emphasis mine)
"It's important to note, though, that new APs no longer have this vulnerability. This attack will only work on APs sold during that window of 2006 and early 2012. Since many families keep their APs for many years, there are still many of these vulnerable ones around."
Orbi came on the market in 2016. The WPS PIN method is not mentioned in the Orbi User Manual, and a WPS PIN is not printed on the product label or (as far as I can tell) shown on the Orbi web interface or through telnet.
I might presume that NG may employ some form of there own WPS handling and syncing that is proprietary on Orbi or NGs MESH systems which only is behind the scenes and is apart of there core non GPL code. Something that can't be access or changed by access from telnet.