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Posts: 15248 		  Quote Randy Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Topic: WiFi Protected Setup
    Posted: 12 Jan 2012 at 9:16am
A good reason to research what router to buy:

http://lifehacker.com/5873407/how-to-crack-a-wi+fi-networks-wpa-password-with-reaver

And, also a good reason to finally try out DD-WRT. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Protected_Setup
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Posts: 22186 		  Quote Don Watkins Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Jan 2012 at 9:23am

Wow, good to know.

My security is that my router/access point only has a range of about 10 feet....
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Posts: 15248 		  Quote Randy Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Jan 2012 at 9:34am
LOL!  That's what has me curious about trying DD-WRT to increase the range and also to monitor our usage.
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Posts: 22186 		  Quote Don Watkins Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Jan 2012 at 9:38am

I am now totally locked out of the cable company supplied router. Time was I could get in but no longer.

It's miserable and I can supply my own but it takes up to 24 hours for it to be recognized by their network even if I clone the Mac address. Bah.
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Posts: 15248 		  Quote Randy Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Jan 2012 at 10:46am
Now that is very annoying.  Do they make you use theirs or can you use your own modem and router?
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Posts: 22186 		  Quote Don Watkins Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Jan 2012 at 10:48am
You can use your own, it just may take up to 24 hours for it to be recognized. Or so they say. I only gave it about 2 hours and then again overnight and it wasn't long enough.
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Posts: 15248 		  Quote Randy Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Jan 2012 at 11:10am
Maybe you could plug in one to use as an access point?
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Posts: 22186 		  Quote Don Watkins Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Jan 2012 at 11:12am
I've thought about that and I'll probably go digging in the attic as I think I have one _somewhere_ up there. Easy enough to hook it up at the far end of the house for coverage there.
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Posts: 15248 		  Quote Randy Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Jan 2012 at 11:29am
Hearing about DD-WRT being able to increase the range of your router it's time for me to pick a day when the house is empty and just do it.  Gotta do a bit of prep work first.
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Posts: 29254 		  Quote Karl_db Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Jan 2012 at 2:24pm
Wow...that sounds like one heck of an IP you have Don. Goodness.  That 24 hours...is that for the initial setup....or every time you'd have to restart the router for some reason?
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Posts: 22186 		  Quote Don Watkins Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Jan 2012 at 4:11pm
I've only reset it once but it came back online immediately.
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Posts: 29254 		  Quote Karl_db Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Jan 2012 at 5:50pm
That just blows my mind....24 hours to get detected. Uh...is that a gubermint IP? LOL
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Posts: 22186 		  Quote Don Watkins Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Jan 2012 at 5:54pm
They say it has something to do with their fiber network. Dunno, sounds fishy to me but that's their claim.
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Posts: 15248 		  Quote Randy Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Jan 2012 at 10:31pm
Can't buy it.  A friend has fiber here and they have no such restrictions.
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