Re: [Dorset] OpenWRT

2019-02-10 Thread Patrick Wigmore
On Sun, 10 Feb 2019 13:23:38 +, Tim wrote: > First, I found the passphrase for my wifi stored on the router in > plain text format It's certainly not the first router operating system to do that. I found a feature request asking for Ubiquity access points to stop storing WiFi passwords in

Re: [Dorset] OpenWRT

2019-02-10 Thread Andrew
I suspect the router would need to decrypt the wireless key if it were encrypted, so the configuration would have to have all the details required to decrypt it. I'm not sure I'd worry too much about people getting access to my WLAN key if they already have root access to the router. I doubt

Re: [Dorset] OpenWRT

2019-02-10 Thread Tim
On 29/01/2019 16:55, Tim wrote: On 27/01/2019 19:13, Tim wrote: On 27/01/2019 12:57, Patrick Wigmore wrote: On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 17:59:30 +, Tim wrote: If anybody has any stories regarding OpenWRT I would interested to hear them On Sat, 26 Jan 2019 13:13:02 +, Ralph Corderoy wrote:

Re: [Dorset] OpenWRT

2019-01-29 Thread Tim
On 27/01/2019 19:13, Tim wrote: On 27/01/2019 12:57, Patrick Wigmore wrote: On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 17:59:30 +, Tim wrote: If anybody has any stories regarding OpenWRT I would interested to hear them On Sat, 26 Jan 2019 13:13:02 +, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Every time I'm in the market for a

Re: [Dorset] OpenWRT

2019-01-28 Thread PeterMerchant via dorset
You might have to sell off some of the bits in the stockroom to fund a new router. If she is in to decluttering that will please her. Peter I blame nobody else but myself, I should of done my homework before the purchase. I will have to start planning the firmware upgrade to OpenWRT and

Re: [Dorset] OpenWRT

2019-01-27 Thread Tim
On 27/01/2019 12:57, Patrick Wigmore wrote: On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 17:59:30 +, Tim wrote: If anybody has any stories regarding OpenWRT I would interested to hear them On Sat, 26 Jan 2019 13:13:02 +, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Every time I'm in the market for a new broadband modem, like now, I

Re: [Dorset] OpenWRT

2019-01-27 Thread Patrick Wigmore
On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 17:59:30 +, Tim wrote: > If anybody has any stories regarding OpenWRT I would interested to > hear them On Sat, 26 Jan 2019 13:13:02 +, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Every time I'm in the market for a new broadband modem, like now, > I consider buying one supported by

Re: [Dorset] OpenWRT

2019-01-26 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Paul, > One thing to check carefully is the version of the router you have. > I bought a second Netgear WNDR3700 and ended up getting a version 5, > which unfortunately is totally different hardware and incompatible > with OpenWRT Every time I'm in the market for a new broadband modem, like

Re: [Dorset] OpenWRT (was Network connectivity issues)

2019-01-15 Thread tda
On 15/01/19 17:52, Paul Tansom wrote: If you want to play there are plenty of budget routers to experiment with and some are even easily available through things like Freecycle / Freegle / Gumtree / etc.. My first one, which admittedly was with DD-WRT not OpenWRT, was a D-Link DIR615 that I

Re: [Dorset] OpenWRT (was Network connectivity issues)

2019-01-15 Thread Paul Tansom
** Tim [2019-01-14 17:59]: > > I see that sometimes with my access point. It seems to pass traffic fine on > > the > > wired connections, and several existing wireless connections work fine, but > > new > > ones and the odd existing one and indicate they are working, but completely > > fail

Re: [Dorset] OpenWRT (was Network connectivity issues)

2019-01-15 Thread Bob Dunlop
Hi, On Mon, Jan 14 at 05:59, Tim wrote: > > > I am considering putting WRT on my router, have to say that I am > appalled at the level of ability in its standard firmware, ever heard of > a router that can not block a port. > > If anybody has any stories regarding OpenWRT I would interested to

Re: [Dorset] OpenWRT (was Network connectivity issues)

2019-01-14 Thread Tim
On 14/01/2019 12:23, Paul Tansom wrote: ** Tim [2019-01-13 16:39]: On 13/01/2019 14:47, t...@ls83.eclipse.co.uk wrote: Hi Ralph On 13/01/19 11:31, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, I'll just ask lots of questions in the hope it strikes lucky. I have a puzzling issue here, in that I can't see