[PLUG] Survey: what make/model router do you use at home?

Erik Lane eriklane at gmail.com
Wed Dec 23 04:37:52 UTC 2015


On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 6:40 PM, Russell Senior <russell at personaltelco.net>
wrote:

>
> Galen Seitz and I are working on a project where we encountered a "bug"
> in our hardware/software when connecting to certain off-the-shelf wifi
> routers, involving the 4way handshake associated with RSN/WPA2.  We are
> trying to estimate the probability that customers are going to encounter
> this in the field.  So far, we know of 4 make/models that are
> problematic and 4 make/models that aren't.
>
> Please answer the following questions to the best of your ability:
>
>  1) what is the make/model of the wifi device that you use in your
>     house?  none is an acceptable answer.
>

Linksys WRT54GL with DDwrt.

>
>  2) about how old is it (rough guess is fine)?
>

5 years or so.


>
>  2) is it running firmware from the vendor or have you installed a 3rd
>     party firmware like DDwrt, OpenWrt or similar?
>

DDwrt

>
>  3) Do you now or have you ever exhibited any interest in model trains?
>     (this is to weight your answer heavier for the target demographic)
>

Some years the train gets set up around the Christmas tree. It hasn't for
the past couple years because I now have a two year old. :) But that's
really the extent of when I play with it, and that also shows about the
extent of the track and trains I have.


>
> The general idea is once we have a guess at what are common devices, we
> can obtain access to an example to test against off of ebay or from a
> willing volunteer.
>
> You can respond here or mail me directly at wifisurvey at klickitat.com
> and I can compile aggregate results.
>
> I appreciate your help!
>
>
> --
> Russell Senior
> russell at personaltelco.net
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