Wifi Key Recovery
Jkobe Peoples
First, run ifconfig wlan0 up. This will enable wireless. You won't get any feedback unless there's a problem. Next, run iwlist wlan0 scan to scan for nearby wireless networks. Once you have looked at the output and know which wireless network you want to connect to, run iwconfig wlan0 essid NETWORK_ID key s:WIRELESS_KEY, replacing NETWORK_ID with the name (essid) of the nework and WIRELESS_KEY with the network passcode. Hope that helps!
as of January 2023, you can enter the root shell via recovery mode and then, nmcli is the tool you want to use, make changes and do the repair - persists whatever changes you make otherwise they are of no use
So i have six Wifi APs, three NLS-1304-25 and three AC-1304. One of my AC-1304s is constantly offline and when it is online it provides slower than desired speeds. All of my APs are hardwired to a managed gigabit switch. I have tried everything on the outside of device to fix this, New wire, connect wirelessly, hard factory default reset, etc.
so ive moved to the inside and ive been trying to reflash the firmware with a recovery USB. i made the USB with onHUB addon, i bought the usb-c hub... ive gone as reflashing ALL of my APs to prove to myself that it is not me going crazy, something is wrong with this particular AP.
When i attempt to flash this device, i get to the point where the light is flashing orange, insert the recovery USB, and then nothing... it just keeps flashing orange. The recovery process on the other five devices was painless, but this one is becoming a headache.... and im about to send it to wifi heaven.
I'm afraid I can't help with the USB flashing, but I did want to comment on one thing I saw in your report above: you're using a managed Ethernet switch. This likely has loop detection enabled, which means it's running the Spanning Tree Protocol, which Google/Nest WiFi also use to support wired backhaul. To make this work, you will need to at least disable loop detection on that switch, and possibly enabled BPDU flooding, if the switch supports that. Also, just to double-check, you have a primary/router Google WiFi unit connected to your internet service through its WAN (globe) port, and its LAN () port is connected to your switch, then every other secondary Google WiFi unit is connected to this switched network. Connecting all of them in parallel to the same outer network will not work.
Stone Temple Pilots are definitely disabled, no STP on the switch or loop detection, just about everything is disabled by default. #1 Fixed Point Wireless ISP In on WAN, Out to switch Port1 on LAN. #2-6 in In from switch Port2-6 on LAN.
Ive now gone as far as opening it up, putting it in to Dev Mode (flashing purple) with the internal momentary switch. It goes through all the processes as it is supposed to, but when it reboots, it does not READ from usb. bought usb drive with indicator led to verify. Additionally i bought another used 3 pack of AC-1304 from offerup, replaced #3 and added #7 & #8, everything is working fine, but I still dont have an answer to the initial problem... so Ill keep at it, my dog house could use an AP too.
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Then there is the question about the rest of your network. As you have been told, the IP address you see for the computer, 10.0.0.100, suggests that you have a second router on your network. The computer is getting its address from something else. Not your R6300v2.
> [...] The router gives me legit IP addresses of 193.168.1.1 for the
> router and 192.168.1.2 for my computer - reset from 10.0.0.1 for the
> router and 10.0.0.100 for the computer, but I still can't get into the
> GUI or past the password-recovery prompt. [...]
Are you trying to say that your computer formerly had a "10.0.0.x"
address, but now has a "192.168.x" address? "10.0.0.x" suggests the
presence of another router. Are you sure that you're talking to the
right one?
Came home to find I had no Internet access. Could not get into the router GUI, so tried hard reset. Router GUI came up in Set Password Recovery mode, so gave it the serial # and answers to two security questions.
If the standard factory password (password) does not work, then you will have to factory reset the thing to get back to that. Then either disable password recovery (check the manual for your device) or provide some answers to those questions.
As I said: I have done a factory reset several times. To be clear: Holding the Reset button while powering-up, until the Power light begins to blink.
When it's "up," ipconfig says my IP address is 192.168.1.2, and the router is at 192.168.1.1
Connecting via IE or Chrome to the gateway address: The router does not accept the default login of "admin" and "password" and bumps me to the password-recovery after a couple of attempts. It asks me the two questions I answered after the first factory reset, it offers the password I'd set, and then just goes into a loop of refusing the login of "admin" and the password I'd set.
Update on Wifi: yes, the user connects via Wifi at home. He has Charter for his ISP. The Charter provided modem is an Arris TM1602. He has a Netgear Nighhawk AC1900 DST router, and a DST adapter/extender model R7300DST.
For information about his home Wifi, the laptop is using Windows to manage Wifi (not Intel PROSet). The wifi on that laptop is Inte Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 with an updated driver. The Netgear is set at WPA2-Personal with AES encryption.
I did an internet recovery to reinstall MacOS Catalina with my home WiFi network, with password protected. However, since my Pc was had a virus, I was worried that my IP addresss and home WiFi network has been compromised, can I still trust that the installation was not tempered with? Or should I perhaps reinstall it again using mobile network? Since I have heard that mobile data are much more secure than WiFi network.
The connection to the Apple servers is likely secure and encrypted. I could not find a reference to it in their documentation but it would be standard practice. Even if someone had your IP and had compromised your router, they would not be able to man-in-the-middle that connection.
If you have a MacBook that is a 2018 model or newer, your machine has Apple's T2 Security Chip which allows Secure boot by default to ensure that the OS itself is not compromised. It will not boot if a root kit was installed.
I suggest you to reset your WiFi, try to check the authenticity of firmware cross-checking hash(if present) in the admin panel to the documentation provided with the product to ensure installation of wifi firmware is not tampered and then update the firmware later, change all your default WiFi password (admin login and WPA2) to complex long custom ones. Make use of mac address whitelisting on wireless router and allow only limited number of users on it. It will be added benefit if you consider educating yourself on how in general evil twin works or other general techniques to avoid giving up your secure password.
I am pretty sure that the installation of MAC is done after establishing secure connection to system. MAC OS is not easy to play around on the fly. Tampering should be difficult if not impossible on the connection which is established from WiFi to machine. Installation is susceptible to corruption and can break easily.
Please check if the installation is clean and free from the virus detected earlier or any virus in general. This should suffice to ensure safe environment to operate and continue using current installation
The WiFi of my Mac Mini (Late 2014, Big Sur) will not connect, unless in Recovery Mode. When I boot it normally, it shows the WiFi symbol with an exclaimation mark over it. I cannot turn on the WiFi switch, it doesn't react when I click it.
I tried adding a new connection via the Network Preferences, but it doesn't work either. After clicking on "Create" no WiFi connection is added and nothing changes in the list. It simply won't add anything. I can add other types of connections, but not a WiFi type.
When I boot using the recovery mode however, I'm able to click on the WiFi symbol, see all connections in the vicinity and select my router. I'm able to click it, enter the password and it connects. But as soon as I restart it normally, it goes back to not working.
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