Thanks.

Sounds like this guy has a talent for screwing up routers.


-----Original Message----- From: Paul Stewart
Sent: Monday, February 01, 2016 5:35 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] ASUS router question

By default, the firewall is on and the admin access from WAN is disabled...
at least on my Asus RT-AC87R I'm using right now...

The wifi is shipped with a sticker attached with a predefined password as
well



-----Original Message-----
From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof
Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2016 7:08 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: [AFMUG] ASUS router question

Is anyone familiar with ASUS routers, specifically RT-AC56R or similar?  Is
the firewall enabled or disabled by default?

I'm seeing one one at a customer with the web interface open to the world on
port 80 with username/password = admin/admin.  Apparently this is what
happens if the firewall is disabled, even though web mgmt from WAN is set to
NO.  If you set it to YES, it creates a port forward from port 80 to port
8080, and now it responds on both ports.  To disable remote mgmt and WAN
ping, it seems the firewall has to be enabled, which is not how most NAT
routers work.

I'm just trying to figure out if the customer turned off the firewall
(unlikely given his technical skill level), or if ASUS ships their routers
that way.  They seem to ship the WiFi unsecured so I guess anything's
possible.




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