Review on 📶 NETGEAR WAC104 Wireless Access Point - AC1200 Speed, MU-MIMO, 3 x 1G Ethernet, Supports 3 SSIDs, WPA2 Security by Randy Butler

Not too happy with this purchase. It offers perfect Wi-Fi access, decent signal strength, about as expected. It's not *super* easy to set up, but it's not terrible. It worked for me in about 30 minutes (with my SSID, basic security settings) but I spent another hour securing the device well. I've never properly protected this thing, and that's my main complaint: security vulnerabilities. (1) It does not support HTTPS, only HTTP. Every time you use its web management tool, the admin password visibly flies through the network. The only way to avoid this is to take a laptop and plug it directly into one of the device's switch ports. (2) Many smart WiFi devices are set to *disable* access to the web management tool from WiFi stations and/or the Internet. This thing doesn't have that ability, so anyone connecting to your Wi-Fi network is ready to "eavesdrop" on the admin password. and then use it to tinker with settings, weaken your security, etc. It's just annoying that this thing offers fancy Enterprise/RADIUS authentication (which hardly anyone will use) and confuses the basics (which almost everyone needs) . If you send it back we will try to fix the security loopholes, but we strongly encourage you to find another device that can be used as a WiFi hotspot.