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Build a LAN with a WNDR3400v2
I'm trying to make a wifi LAN with 4 devices for sharing. I don't need full time internet as it's a metered connection and I want to keep data usage down to a minimum. (It seems I need the internet c...
FredReed wrote:
I forgot to mention this, I read about and watched a demonstration on "Pixiedust".
I'm not sure if it was a "brute force" attack over the internet or over the wifi signal.
Do you know? I'm sure there are newer ones since then too.
These attacks are to break into wifi. Your router is not vulnerable to Pixie Dust. I haven't seen anything specific on WPS brute force attacks. But if you simply disable WPS on your router, you won't be vulnerable to this whole class of attacks.
Passphrases (and pins) can always be attacked by brute-force (which amounts to trying all possible passphrases). There are ways to slow these attacks down - for instance, if the router is slow to respond after a couple of failed connection attempts, then the brute-force attack will take a lot longer. Even a small delay is enough to make these attacks useless (because there are so many passphrases to try).
If you are worried about this particular threat, you can reduce the risk by turning your router's wifi off when you aren't using it, and by changing the passphrase from time to time. In general, longer passphrases will be harder to discover by brute force guessing.
Thanks StephenB,
You're right, the secured systems are much harder to crack. Mine was not secure two years ago but then no one did anything to my computer, fortunately. It was pretty scary though to watch my pointer going through my files and I wasn't touching my mouse! It was as if there was a remote connection set up. There wasn't!!
It was through this same router too. WPS wasn't used though and I'm looking to turn it off if it isn't already. I now live in a differant area.
The security is also set on the 2nd highest setting.
When I'm done, I now turn off the router so there's no connection being broadcast.
I'm at the point of selecting what to share and learning how to "see", "broadcast" and "copy" my files to the other computers and someday to a tv.
The downloading is done through a public wifi on one of my portables.
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Now, it"s late. Good night.
You're right, the secured systems are much harder to crack. Mine was not secure two years ago but then no one did anything to my computer, fortunately. It was pretty scary though to watch my pointer going through my files and I wasn't touching my mouse! It was as if there was a remote connection set up. There wasn't!!
It was through this same router too. WPS wasn't used though and I'm looking to turn it off if it isn't already. I now live in a differant area.
The security is also set on the 2nd highest setting.
When I'm done, I now turn off the router so there's no connection being broadcast.
I'm at the point of selecting what to share and learning how to "see", "broadcast" and "copy" my files to the other computers and someday to a tv.
The downloading is done through a public wifi on one of my portables.
Most information comes from the safest website on this earth. (I'll let anyone know privately)
I'm not advertising but the "free" AV
installed on my computer has a "trusted" website marker on all the listed sites. It places a colored marker, green with a checkmark, red or black with a question mark. You know which sites have a good, bad or unknown reputation. You can look at it. If there's an issue, you can mark it red. Conversely, if it good, it can be marked trusted. This is another method of keeping the bad stuff out. Netgear wants you to have a safe time on the internet. So do I.
Now, it"s late. Good night.
I have now gone through the set up of my LAN with the help of StephenB, flexed my new found Aspirant
muscles and had to step back. StephenB, you have been immensely patient with me and deserve the kudos
for your help. I will be working these procedures to memorize them. Now to find the kudos button for
StehenB. Great work!