This router has documented security problems. Every device on this network — your work laptop, banking app, Ring camera, smart lock — is running at higher risk than it should be.
An F is not a warning — it’s a finding that the router has been independently flagged for security or supply-chain concerns serious enough to warrant action.
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When the next critical Wi-Fi flaw drops, this router will stay exposed for weeks while newer models are patched
Patches arrive late, if at all. When the next critical Wi-Fi flaw drops, this router will still be exposed weeks after newer models are protected — and every device on your network rides through it during that window.
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Aging hardware - minimal patch cadence: The G1100 is nearly a decade old. Verizon rarely issues security updates for it. Any newly discovered vulnerability is unlikely to be patched.
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A real gap that affects every device sharing this Wi-Fi
It affects every device sharing this Wi-Fi — your work laptop, your phone, your kids' devices, your security cameras. Not the most urgent threat on the page, but a real edge an attacker can use to reach the rest.
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Actiontec hardware vulnerability history: Actiontec-made hardware has had documented authentication and configuration vulnerabilities across its product lines.
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A small gap that still touches every device on this network
A small gap, not an urgent one — but it still touches everything on this network: your work laptop, your phone, your security cameras, and any guest device that joins the Wi-Fi.
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ISP remote management: Verizon can remotely access and configure this device.
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- Verizon Terms of Service ↗
- FCC Equipment Authorization Database ↗
- FCC Covered List · National Security Designation ↗