Re: What's the status of WPS on wireless routers these days?

In alt.internet.wireless riserman <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 12/13/2013 3:17 PM, Ant wrote:
>> ...
>>>>> A couple of months ago, I needed to connect my Sony BluRay player to my
>>>>> WiFi, and wasn't intrigued by the hunt and peck method of entering my WPA
>>>>> passphrase, so I tried the buton that said WPS.
>>>>> The Sony message told me to press the WPS button on my router, a recent
>>>>> vintage Netgear N150 from Target.  By the time I returned to the room where
>>>>> the Sony is located, my connection was established, and I haven't needed to
>>>>> do anything since.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is that how it's supposed to work ;-)
>>>>
>>>> That's how it's supposed to work. What it's not supposed to allow, however,
>>>> is the capability for an intruder to get onto your wireless network
>>>> relatively easily.
>>>>
>>>> Once you're done with WPS, turn it off. If you can, that is.
>>
>> I re(call/member) some routers still had this vulnerability even if it
>> is disabled!
>>
>>
>>> That's my problem. Just set up a Netgear N750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit
>>> Router WNDR4300 -- sounds impressive doesn't it? But, you can't turn off
>>> WPS without turning off the router. Anyone know how to make this unit
>>> work securely? Thanks.
>>
>> Ask Netgear? They will probably say to buy a new one if it is old. :(
>> Can it do third party firmwares?
>>
> Alas it is a new model! Not sure what you mean by third party firmwares. 
> Please explain.
> 
> riserman

Openwrt or ddwrt probably. I'd start with openwrt https://openwrt.org/
they support newer hardware. There're also the openwrt forums:
https://forum.openwrt.org/