Consumer Wi-Fi device manufacturers really need to have better defaults.
#cososec
Below are two screenshots from a scan I just did for nearby access points. These are both Netgear routers. WPS has been known to be terrible for years, yet it's enabled by default.
Why are these routers broadcasting the number of connected clients and channel utilization? TMI.
One of my neighbors made the situation worse by using their address as the SSID (redacted).
@voltronic Channel 9! There's always some joker who violates the de facto rule of 1,6,11.
@Dashdrum
I'm missing something here. Is channel 9 supposed to be reserved?
I am usually only super careful about my 5 GHz channel selection.