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I don't have WPS on my router (How else do you input the SSID/Password?) and I turn Wi-Fi off when I'm not in my house so this product would be a real hassle to

by ancarda 12y ago

I don't have WPS on my router (How else do you input the SSID/Password?) and I turn Wi-Fi off when I'm not in my house so this product would be a real hassle to setup/use.

k0ngo 12y ago
The device is configured wirelessly using the smartphone app. It'll queue the events and measurements if your wifi is down, but I see that it will be hard for you to use if you always turn your wifi off when you are away.
kubiiii 12y ago
Usually this kind of gear acts like a wifi access so that you can directly connect to it and input ssid / password.
RankingMember 12y ago
Is turning the wifi off when you leave a security concern or a power thing, like you're running off the grid? I'm just curious, as if it's the former and I had the same concern I'd just limit access to specific MAC addresses and make the access point invisible.
- ancarda 12y ago
  Both. Why not save power by turning off the router while shrinking the amount of time there is to break into my Wi-Fi network? I can't see a reason to leave my network on while I'm out of my house. I don't need it and as far as I can tell, my neighbors don't either. That said if someone needed to use Wi-Fi, I'd be happy to open a guest network for them (I think my router can do that but I haven't checked).
  - meowface 12y ago
    I can understand power concerns (though I think home routers use very little KWH), but frankly shutting your router off every day to prevent intrusions is bordering on tinfoil hat-level of concern. If you shut off WPS on your router and use WPA2-CCMP with a good passphrase, there is really no concern of someone getting into your wireless network.
- meowface 12y ago
  >specific MAC addresses and make the access point invisible. Both of these measures do nothing if any other device is currently connected to the wireless network. A passive attacker will still be able to see your access point (by inspecting packets sent over the air by other devices to the access point) and can spoof a MAC address to connect to it.
  - icebraining 12y ago
    Not if you're not at home and hence there are no "other devices" sending packets.
    - meowface 12y ago
      This seems like a rather silly edge case though. What if you accidentally leave a phone or tablet at home and it's sending packets intermittently? Or what if someone decides to hack you when you are at home? These are not real security measures.

by ancarda 12y ago

I don't have WPS on my router (How else do you input the SSID/Password?) and I turn Wi-Fi off when I'm not in my house so this product would be a real hassle to setup/use.

k0ngo 12y ago

The device is configured wirelessly using the smartphone app. It'll queue the events and measurements if your wifi is down, but I see that it will be hard for you to use if you always turn your wifi off when you are away.

kubiiii 12y ago

Usually this kind of gear acts like a wifi access so that you can directly connect to it and input ssid / password.

RankingMember 12y ago

Is turning the wifi off when you leave a security concern or a power thing, like you're running off the grid? I'm just curious, as if it's the former and I had the same concern I'd just limit access to specific MAC addresses and make the access point invisible.

ancarda 12y ago
Both. Why not save power by turning off the router while shrinking the amount of time there is to break into my Wi-Fi network? I can't see a reason to leave my network on while I'm out of my house. I don't need it and as far as I can tell, my neighbors don't either. That said if someone needed to use Wi-Fi, I'd be happy to open a guest network for them (I think my router can do that but I haven't checked).
- meowface 12y ago
  I can understand power concerns (though I think home routers use very little KWH), but frankly shutting your router off every day to prevent intrusions is bordering on tinfoil hat-level of concern. If you shut off WPS on your router and use WPA2-CCMP with a good passphrase, there is really no concern of someone getting into your wireless network.
meowface 12y ago
>specific MAC addresses and make the access point invisible. Both of these measures do nothing if any other device is currently connected to the wireless network. A passive attacker will still be able to see your access point (by inspecting packets sent over the air by other devices to the access point) and can spoof a MAC address to connect to it.
- icebraining 12y ago
  Not if you're not at home and hence there are no "other devices" sending packets.
  - meowface 12y ago
    This seems like a rather silly edge case though. What if you accidentally leave a phone or tablet at home and it's sending packets intermittently? Or what if someone decides to hack you when you are at home? These are not real security measures.