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P1′s DV 230 WiMAX Modem is one of the first WiMAX with WiFi modem that’s easy to use thanks to its simple plug and play approach. The only technical bit for the user is to enter the predefined WEP password which is uniquely customised for each USB WiFi Module. It looks all good and dandy but there’s just one small problem. We found out that the “unique” WEP password isn’t that unique after all. If you’ve seen or used one of these, you will notice that they will give a randomised Wireless Access Point name or SSID such as 07D24A and followed by a long WEP password such as 7D24A1FFB0. Sure, you think that this is all safe but recently it was brought to our attention that there’s a simple flaw with the way they created these unique WEP passwords. How to access your neighbour’s default unconfigured P1 DV 230 Modem? After reading up some postings online and comparison with our own, we’ve discovered a similar pattern in all P1 DV 230 modems. Here’s how you get the WEP Password from the SSID:...

Wow , this is my first post in the month of April and its about time that I did one. Actually one of my readers made me to write this post. Basically he wanted to know how to tune his P1 Modem and to position it properly in order to get better speed. First thing first , you need to connect directly to your PC. You must bypass your router (I’ll guide you later on how to get it to play along with your router and port forward such). Assuming that we have got it to work (i.e Internet works , the modem shows a solid green or amber light). Fire up your web browser (Internet Explorer/Safari/Firefox/Google’s own browser) and go to http://10.1.1.254 (or just click on the link and enter your username/password) . You’ll be prompted to enter the username and password. Username : admin Password : admin123 Now lets take a look at the main screen. This concerns us the most. We are going to use these indicators to help us to position the modem in order to get good speed. The light indicator doesn’t t...