Router management: Mobile app vs web user interface
LINKSYS ROUTER SETUP PAGE HOW TO
How to enable access to advanced settings in a Linksys Wi-Fi 6/E router.Steps to set up a new Linksys router or mesh system sans mobile app or login account.How to handle a new Linksys broadcaster using just the web interface.Issues with using mobile app for routers.Advantages of using the web user interface.Web user interface: It’s real and isolated.Router management: Mobile app vs web user interface.Let’s find out the differences between using the good old web user interface and the mobile app. In my opinion, this is a terrible approach that, among other things, causes privacy and security issues - you practically put your home network on the hand and at the mercy of the vendor. Each has app-and-login-account coercion at different levels and specific tricks for that objective. Nowadays, you’ll find this type of practice common in many vendors, such as Linksys, Netgear, or TP-Link. This practice all started years ago with the eero. There’s been a trend in home networking that forces or coerces users into signing up for a login account with the vendor and associating their home network with it. You’ll find out how to do that in the lower part of this post.) (As it turned out, there’s a way to forgo this app and get the Wi-Fi broadcasters up and running using just the web user interface. If you followed my reviews on the latest Linksys Wi-Fi 6/E routers - including the MX5 Velop AX, the MR9600, the MR7500, or the Atlas Max 6E - you’d note how I lamented the fact, among other things, you might think you must use the Linksys mobile app for the setup process, instead of the web interface.
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