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Insecure Wifi Protected Setup: How To Disable It?

WPA2, you might have heard this term in the network terminology. This is secured as long as the WPS is disabled. Nevertheless to say, WPS is a great feature but using it always can be mistake. Your  Netgear Orbi router  supports WPS which is enabled by default. Like UPnP, this is also an insecure feature that makes it prone to online attacks and viruses. What is a Wi-Fi protected setup? WPA2 with PSK is an acronym for Pre-shared key. This passphrase is used to connect the smart devices to the wireless network. This allows you to protect your network from being accessed by unauthorized users. This is a kind of encryption key to the network. If you don’t want to enter the same passphrase again and again on new devices, then you can use the  WPS feature . It is an easier method to connect the router to the smart devices. How WPS is insecure? You can implement the WPS in two different ways. PIN : It is an eight-digit number you need to connect to th...

Easy Steps For Activating Netgear Armor Subscription From App Or Website

Do you want to protect your home network from malicious websites and viruses which are available online? If yes, then with the help of  Netgear Armor subscription , you can safeguard your network and related networking devices. There are two ways to activate Netgear Armor subscription Viz; App and website. We will discuss the steps for both the methods. To activate the subscription, you need an activation code which is valid initially for the period of one year. You can enter this activation code right after the end of the trial period. A 30 days trial period is provided to the user at the beginning of the Netgear Armor subscription. How to enter activation code for  Netgear Armor  through a website? Open armor.netgear.com from the web browser of your computer. Enter the login details of your Netgear account and click ‘Login’. If prompted, click ‘Allow’ to allow the personal details to be fetched by Armor server for security and verification purpose. It ...