Broadband Quality Trial

[Mullington]

and the prizes are?

[Ignitionnet]

Originally Posted by deathtrap3000

Yes I know what the new kit is and what its doing. I just dont see how its detecting traffic on my routers wifi. I was downloading something last night and it ran some tests during my downloading obviously causing horrible results. Only thing I can think of is that because there was no traffic running through it so it thought it would be a good time to run the tests.

And why would it ask you to attach the antennae if its not going to use them.

http://www.samknows.com/broadband/im...stallation.pdf

Wireless connectivity is unchanged.

Q. What is the purpose of the wireless antennas?
A. Completing step 3 in the installation instructions allowed the unit to see if your
wired network was busy so that it could alter its testing schedule accordingly.
However, no such steps are required for wireless. The unit will automatically
passively monitor your wireless network for activity and will reschedule its
testing if you’re using the wireless network. If you do not have a wireless
network then this feature will be redundant.

Q. Do I need to modify my wireless settings?
A. Absolutely not. The unit does not provide wireless access.

---------- Post added at 22:15 ---------- Previous post was at 22:09 ----------

Originally Posted by Broadbandings

Also so long as the new it is between your modem and your own router, as it should be, it's not affecting anything.

That made absolutely no sense at all and was wrong into the bargain. Go me. If only I could neg rep myself for that one...

[deathtrap3000]

Originally Posted by Broadbandings

Q. What is the purpose of the wireless antennas?
A. Completing step 3 in the installation instructions allowed the unit to see if your
wired network was busy so that it could alter its testing schedule accordingly.
However, no such steps are required for wireless. The unit will automatically
passively monitor your wireless network for activity and will reschedule its
testing if you’re using the wireless network. If you do not have a wireless
network then this feature will be redundant.

That explains the antenna bit. Wasnt in any of the documentation I received. I still cant explain why it ran a test while I was downloading though.

[indie1982]

Originally Posted by lowei

Login via TFTP gets a username/password prompt though I have no idea what they are

I believe the Linksys device only has port 22 open.

Anyone want to bruteforce a box?

@broadbandings Any idea how it can passively monitor a wireless network connection it doesn't know you're connected to? How would the device know which wireless network someone is using when it's not been told an SSID or any auth details?

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by indie1982

I believe the Linksys device only has port 22 open.

Anyone want to bruteforce a box?

@broadbandings Any idea how it can passively monitor a wireless network connection it doesn't know you're connected to? How would the device know which wireless network someone is using when it's not been told an SSID or any auth details?

It will be able to detect the signals from your own router and will then run tests when the throughput drops.

---------- Post added at 22:39 ---------- Previous post was at 22:35 ----------

Originally Posted by alferret

Anybody know the address for the unit as want to log on and make sure the wireless connection is secure rather than leaving it open even though I have taken the aerials off.

It does not transmit a signal, try looking for it the is no signal to detect but it requires the antenna to passively detect the throughput of your own router so it can run tests without interfering with your connection so replace them.

[Zhadnost]

IIRC WRT54GL's have JTAG support onboard, although on some versions, you need to solder some pins in.

That would give you some pretty messages on startup.

I'm obviously not advocating trying to hack it.

[Ignitionnet]

Originally Posted by indie1982

I believe the Linksys device only has port 22 open.

Anyone want to bruteforce a box?

@broadbandings Any idea how it can passively monitor a wireless network connection it doesn't know you're connected to? How would the device know which wireless network someone is using when it's not been told an SSID or any auth details?

If the wireless card is in promiscuous mode it's just a case of looking at what the highest power wireless network is. Given that this box would likely be next door to your existing wireless router it's a fair bet that the highest strength signal is the one it should be watching. From there it just monitors any stations associated to that BSSID.

[indie1982]

In that case maybe deathtrap3000 is using an 802.11n network at 5Ghz? Unlikely he is but could that stop the Linksys box seeing the network as it only works on 2.4Ghz?

[KrisRobocop]

Originally Posted by indie1982

I believe the Linksys device only has port 22 open.

Anyone want to bruteforce a box?

I would love to. The whole reason i signed up for the trial was to mess around with some new equipment. i don't' suppose anyone knows the username/password?

Kris

[blenky]

Originally Posted by KrisRobocop

I would love to. The whole reason i signed up for the trial was to mess around with some new equipment. i don't' suppose anyone knows the username/password?

Kris

You need to get out more

[KrisRobocop]

Originally Posted by blenky

You need to get out more

I can't disagree with that.

[Babu]

Why are people that have chosen to take part in the broadband quality trial trying to mess with the hardware? Why bother to sign up?

[KrisRobocop]

Originally Posted by Babu

Why are people that have chosen to take part in the broadband quality trial trying to mess with the hardware? Why bother to sign up?

I'm not looking to interfere, just wanna have a look about the system. See what processes are running, etc...

[Babu]

But why?

[Cobbydaler]

Originally Posted by Babu

But why?

...have you pinched broadbandings avatar?