Help - router constantly hacked

Massive Attack · 19 Nov 2007 at 20:32

hi guys i have a netgear DG834GT with the latest firmware, i have wireless disabled as i dont use it and WPA security also have a 16 charachter password but the password is being changed by someone else and i dont know how, i constanly find the internet slow i dont know how to do to secure it better. ive got 2 software firewalls also which i have been using for years

Massive Attack · 19 Nov 2007 at 21:01

Zildjian said:
Which password is being changed?
The password to enter your router settings?

yea

Massive Attack · 19 Nov 2007 at 23:06

Duke said:
If the wireless is disabled, how are they connecting?

well i was readin up on the interent an apparently you can connect to a non broadcasting network, i honestly dont get it.

Massive Attack · 19 Nov 2007 at 23:54

Dist said:
by default it should only allow connections to the routers settings from a computer on the LAN, if you are sure the remote connection thing is disabled, then the only alternative is one of the computers on the LAN is compromised, and the attacker is connecting to the router through the compromised computer.

ahhh didnt think of that, the remote managment thingy is defo disable although there is a compromised computer on the network gonna have to get that sorted somehow

Massive Attack · 20 Nov 2007 at 11:21

Avalon said:
What evidence do you have anyone has hacked your router ? Your internet could be slow for a number of reasons, is it any quicker with just your PC connected to the router ? If not how about with just one of the other PC's connected ?

To put it bluntly it doesn't have to be anything so sinister, any chance another member of the household hit the reset button and set up a different password ? Or you made a tpyo ?

the evidence i have is that my router password is being changed without my permission, this moring i woke up wanting to go onn the internet but for some reason it was disconnected, i manually reset it and loaded a backup file, guess what it was working fine after that

Massive Attack · 20 Nov 2007 at 17:01

Wardie said:
I'm not convinced someone outside your local network is tocuhing your router either.

Are you making sure you save any changes you make to your router configuration properly?

yes im sure