I do know qwest does use allot of 2wire devices. And i have seen the myqwestxxxx said but have not observed it changeing On Aug 26, 2010 10:39 AM, "R P Herrold" wrote: On Thu, 26 Aug 2010, Jim March wrote: > I need to know if anybody has encountered a WiFi router tha... I have encountered such, but not specifically in the 'myqwest' vendor namespace; Many '2-wire' routers chose to set a SSID, based on a hash of the MAC address plus a 'salt', and perhaps an initial setup 'password' based on the UUID (serial number) of the unit A hash is used to prevent a predictable sequence attack inot a search space bigger than afforded by say WEP; I have not looked as to the later wireless WPA / WPA2 -- as I recall there was a design flaw in WPA necessitating the '2' variant This is, I believe, a common and reasonable approach to permit a customer to have limited config rights, and if it becomes necessary to reconfig from scratch, to push a 'restore to factory' recessed button with a paperclip, and clean up a mess -- Russ herrold --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss