Exactly which make and model router is the wireless network using. In the last several weeks people have reported problems with Westell Routers/modems from Verizon that will not connect without a firmware upgrade that is avialable on Verizon's web site. If this applies to you, then read the messages in this forum concerning the problem.
Ah ha! Thats the problem! The modem which I believe has the router built into it is a Westell and service is thru Verizon! Finally, someone has an answer. The only problem is, I don't have access to the router, so there is not much I can do about it. I'm just curious, I'm assuming I would have to have the password for the DSL router account to apply any kind of firmware upgrade? Again, the router is unsecured however to adjust any of the online properties with the router (by going to the routers IP address with your web browswer), just about anything you want to do requires a password.
This oughta be fun now, trying to get my APT complex to upgrade their router firmeware lol. God I can't wait...
Message Edited by Sseadoubleyou on 05-02-200601:47 AM
Glad it worked, but you do have a serious security problem with the router/modem. Please give credit to the person who originally discovered this. I just read the forums often enough to see these solutions. This one would have been a tough to solve without actually having the Westel modem.
How do I have a security issue? It's not my network, it's the buildings, it's unsecure on purpose for the tenants to use. It's not like someone can get into my computer from the Wi-Fi connection. You would be surprised how many people do not secure their networks. Just in my neighborhood alone, there are so many of them, Windows can't even list them all, it just scrolls, scrolls and scrolls down the list, it never ends.
If someone can get into the configuration on the router, they can change the configuration to deny everyone else access. Since anyone passing by can do this, they could also completely take over the internet connection, use it as a spam server or to launch Denial of Service Attacks, etc. To me that is a security problem.
No, you got it wrong lol. I didn't "get in" the router. The firmware was allowed to be upgraded without any password as long as the computer running the .exe file from Verizon was directly connected to the router, that's all. In order to change anything with the router (other then firmware upgrades) a password must be entered. But I thought it would require one for the firmeware upgrade, luckily it did not..
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Exactly which make and model router is the wireless network using. In the last several weeks people have reported problems with Westell Routers/modems from Verizon that will not connect without a firmware upgrade that is avialable on Verizon's web site. If this applies to you, then read the messages in this forum concerning the problem.
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Glad it worked, but you do have a serious security problem with the router/modem. Please give credit to the person who originally discovered this. I just read the forums often enough to see these solutions. This one would have been a tough to solve without actually having the Westel modem.
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If someone can get into the configuration on the router, they can change the configuration to deny everyone else access. Since anyone passing by can do this, they could also completely take over the internet connection, use it as a spam server or to launch Denial of Service Attacks, etc. To me that is a security problem.
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