 Re: Is it possible to use Wifi to hack a router?
PP wrote:
> Hi,
> I met something strange in my system.
> The condition is like that:
> I have a wireless router(DLink). I didn't set any security password
> for the Wifi because I worried about the speed. But I disabled the
> DHCP,so every machine has to set its IP and gateway same with the
> router. In my family, I have about 4 computers, that's not a big deal to
> me. Yesterday suddenly I found my router's Wifi was locked! It's so
> strange. Even somebody guessed my network IP range(192.168.0.x), how did
> he know the router's manage page's user name and password? Although that
> page is not https page, but if he wanted to hijack the package between
> my client and the router, he had to first begin a ARP attack and mask
> himself to a router(maybe he just acted as a package dispatcher to
> router). I even cannot imagine that would happen because this is a tough
> job. First he had to guess the IP range, then he had to write an ARP
> attack program and mask program. Even I am a senior software engineer,
> it will take me a couple of days and sometime we may stop before the
> first step-guessing IP range. Or there is someone use the Wifi security
> back door? I only know something about that news, but I don't know
> exactly about it. I'm using Linux OS, it seemed that the hole hides in
> the network? In fact, now I care technology more than the hack event
> itself. Can someone explain it to me? I graduated from a famous Chinese
> university's EE major. So don't hesitate to explain it in technology way.
> Now what I can understand is that:
> 1. The hacker guessed out the IP range because it's so normal and
> connected to the router using WIFI.
> 2. The hacker detect my laptop's IP and block the communication with
> the router.
> 3. When there's any communication between server and router will find
> it cannot communicate with the mac(because it's blocked). It will send a
> broadcast, the hacker's machine will acknowledge the request.
> 4. The the hacker's machine may act as a package dispatcher that can
> listen all packages between my laptop and the router.
>
> Am I right?
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
Hi,
What is package dispatcher?
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