On Thu, 26 Aug 2010, Jim March wrote:
> I need to know if anybody has encountered a WiFi router that
> automatically creates an SSID consisting of "myqwest"
> followed with no spaces by four numbers - seems to be
> standard "base 10" vs. hex or whatever. I need to
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
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