Originally posted by Xavier
I'll see if they use this so called sha1 or sha2. They have an unbeatable 15 kbps upload speed but on ps3 ports are closed to only 2 kbps. If I can open nat on ps3 I can catch host easily. Time to try inspecting element again.
So called SHA1 and SHA2 are hashing algorithms, the same as MD5 however the process the hash is created is different for each. MD5 for example is no longer secure due to collision detection so now the standard is to move over to SHA1, SHA256 or SHA512.
The MD5 would just store the password out of plaintext and then when you went to enter your username/password, it would get the sum value of the password in MD5 and compare with the registered value on the router, if username and password match w/ the sum equaling another, you gain access.
Basic login system.
If you just need the password and are already connected, you just retrieve the password through what I stated.
If you need to access the router and don't have the password, therefore not connected to a live network and only via the SSID, you'd need to figure out the domain for the router, commonly 196.182.0.1, 0.2, 2.1, 2.2, however there are other variants but you can still get it through other means.
Once on, inspect element might work for older but newer ones, like my Belkin for example, does not expose anything. The handling of access is all done inside the router where all the info for passwords and such are stored which make hacking them harder.
About the only thing I can do is walk over to it, plug in an ethernet cord and reset the entire thing back to factory w/ some software. Then just login with admin/password.