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  • japlytic
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    • Oct 2005
    • 2086
    • Australia
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    Wi-Fi Protected Setup pushbutton disabled by telco-provided modem?

    Yesterday, I was setting up a Telstra-provided Thomson TG782T broadband modem/wireless access point for a customer. It supported Wi-Fi Protected Setup (it had a pushbutton for this function).
    When I tried to connect with my laptop with the Wi-Fi Protected Setup method, the Telstra access point would only allow connection with the PIN method, even though I successfully connected at home (with a non-telco supplied access point) with the PBC method.

    Apparently, the Telstra access point has the PBC method disabled.

    Do you know of other telco-supplied access points with the Wi-Fi Protected Setup with the PBC method disabled (only allows the PIN method)?
    My first choice in quality Japanese electrolytics is Nippon Chemi-Con, which has been in business since 1931... the quality of electronics is dependent on the quality of the electrolytics.
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    • kikkoman
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      • Jul 2007
      • 691
      #2
      Re: Wi-Fi Protected Setup pushbutton disabled by telco-provided modem?

      i have a Thomson TG585 v7 that does have a pushbutton but it doesn't work at all (it's not mentioned in the config either). it's not lit up (i think it usually should).

      i got it from my provider, so it had custom firmware (that used up 2 out of 4 LAN ports for IP-TV which i don't use anyway) but most importantly it frequently locked up and rebooted, especially when i used bittorrent.
      i flashed it to a known stable official FW and voilà, all problems gone.
      can't really say if the pushbutton setup worked before the flash.
      "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." - H.L. Mencken

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        • Player2
          Senior Member
          • Aug 2009
          • 98
          • USA
          #3
          Re: Wi-Fi Protected Setup pushbutton disabled by telco-provided modem?

          Ditto on reflashing with a non-customized OEM firmware. I had to do this on a D-Link (blech) WiFi router that was provided by Verizon with FiOS service. The router would drop connections constantly and the signal quality was abysmal. Of course D-Link had several newer firmwares that improved these issues, but Verizon never updated theirs. I had to force the router into a recovery mode to flash the OEM firmware, as the Verizon firmware rejected the OEM update through the normal admin console.

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            • japlytic
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              • Oct 2005
              • 2086
              • Australia
              #4
              Re: Wi-Fi Protected Setup pushbutton disabled by telco-provided modem?

              I forgot to say, you need to press the Wi-Fi Protected setup button for at least 5 seconds to activate this function.
              My first choice in quality Japanese electrolytics is Nippon Chemi-Con, which has been in business since 1931... the quality of electronics is dependent on the quality of the electrolytics.

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                • stevo1210
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                  • Oct 2006
                  • 4156
                  • Australia
                  #5
                  Re: Wi-Fi Protected Setup pushbutton disabled by telco-provided modem?

                  Why does Telstra have to do this to their routers? it drives me nuts too.... so much so that I left Telstra a year ago for good.
                  Don't find love, let love find you. That's why its called falling in love, because you don't force yourself to fall, you just fall. - Anonymous

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