2Wire Home Portal 100W

dgstinner · 05-12-2004

I can get a 2Wire Home Portal 100W that we've had lying around where I work for the last few years. I plugged it in to make sure it would at least turn on and found out it's apparently made by Proxim (at least that's what NetStumber claimed as the vendor when I ran it). I also noticed WEP is on by default it seems. I was reading the owner's manual for it and it seems like this device can be used as a AP, router, or a bridge. Is that correct? Is it worth me taking this? I have an old compaq pc running Red Hat 7.3 that I can hook up to the 2Wire, if it can be used as a bridge, and run Kismet to try and detect other people running NetStumbler.

G8tK33per · 05-12-2004

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Originally Posted by dgstinner

Is it worth me taking this?

As in stealing? No.

dgstinner · 05-12-2004

It wouldn't be stealing. It's worthless to us and I was told by my sales manager to get rid of it. So it's either going in the trash or coming home with me.

Thorn · 05-12-2004

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Originally Posted by dgstinner

I can get a 2Wire Home Portal 100W that we've had lying around where I work for the last few years. I plugged it in to make sure it would at least turn on and found out it's apparently made by Proxim (at least that's what NetStumber claimed as the vendor when I ran it). I also noticed WEP is on by default it seems. I was reading the owner's manual for it and it seems like this device can be used as a AP, router, or a bridge. Is that correct? Is it worth me taking this? I have an old compaq pc running Red Hat 7.3 that I can hook up to the 2Wire, if it can be used as a bridge, and run Kismet to try and detect other people running NetStumbler.

2Wire 100Ws are a good unit. They originally ran about $499. A good friend has had one going 24/7/365 on his home network for the last 3 years. The one thing I don't like about them is the overly-user-friendly (dumbed-down) setup routine. It is very restrictive. It wouldn't do that I think of as basics (like port based blocking), at least in the firmware my friend has on his unit.

The internal card is a ORiNOCO Mini-PCI.

JTX · 05-12-2004

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Originally Posted by dgstinner

I have an old compaq pc running Red Hat 7.3 that I can hook up to the 2Wire, if it can be used as a bridge, and run Kismet to try and detect other people running NetStumbler.

Short answer: No.

Long answer: If you want to run Kismet, take the Orinoco card out of the 2Wire and stick it into a Laptop.

Edit: Oh, it's mini-pci. Guess you'll have to stick it in the mini-pci slot instead

dgstinner · 05-12-2004

What, if anything, can I do with this other than the obvious? Here's my setup:
WindowsXP Pro on a desktop machine
WindowsXP Home on a HP laptop with a Linksys WPC11v3
Linksys BEFSR41 4 port router
Linksys WRT54G Wireless router being used as an AP right now.
An old Compaq Presario 2266 running RH 7.3 presently not hooked up to the router.

Thorn · 05-12-2004

Sounds like you have everything you need. Hmmm... Honey pot?

If you can't think of a good use, remember that I'm always willing to give orphaned equipment a good home. Nice countryside, fresh air, out of the city...

JTX · 05-12-2004

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Originally Posted by Thorn

If you can't think of a good use, remember that I'm always willing to give orphaned equipment a good home. Nice countryside, fresh air, out of the city...

/me imagines a WLAN orphanage...

Daughter: "Daddy, daddy, look! That's such a cute little Orinoco card! It's even got the external connector!"
Father: "Hmm, it is in good shape, but you do know you'll have to take good care of it."
Daughter: "Yes, daddy, I promise I will stumble with it every day! Pleeeeasssse!"
Father: "Okay, well if you promise to stumble then we will adopt it. Sir, get me the papers, that Orinoco is coming home with us today!"

And that's how the orphaned Orinoco found a new home. Such a happy story

dgstinner · 05-12-2004

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Originally Posted by JTX

/me imagines a WLAN orphanage...

Daughter: "Daddy, daddy, look! That's such a cute little Orinoco card! It's even got the external connector!"
Father: "Hmm, it is in good shape, but you do know you'll have to take good care of it."
Daughter: "Yes, daddy, I promise I will stumble with it every day! Pleeeeasssse!"
Father: "Okay, well if you promise to stumble then we will adopt it. Sir, get me the papers, that Orinoco is coming home with us today!"

And that's how the orphaned Orinoco found a new home. Such a happy story

Does that means all the Microsoft would be put to sleep?

kleptophobiac · 05-12-2004

Heh, I've got quite a collection of scurvy old crap nobody else wants. My basement is a massive dumpster.

Thorn · 05-12-2004

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Originally Posted by kleptophobiac

Heh, I've got quite a collection of scruvy old crap nobody else wants. My basement is a massive dumpster.

Sounds familiar. I think if you're a ham, it's in your DNA or something.

kleptophobiac · 05-13-2004

That must be it, no wonder I felt right at home in the back lot of the dayton hamfest.

sparafina · 05-16-2004

In one of my ugliest hacks in recent history, I stuck a 2wire orinoco mini-pci card complete with antennas into an Thinkpad A21m. The pcmcia slots were fried so I yanked it out, hot glued the big metal bracket antennas in place where the pcmcia module used to be. It works like a charm.

Madhadder · 05-16-2004

Snag the dam thing....

If it doesn't work the way you want it to, Ebay it and get some $$$

dgstinner · 05-16-2004

I got the Home Portal 100W. Now I just wish there was a way to hook it up to either my WinXP Pro tower or my Red Hat Linux desktop and use it to detect wardrivers.

05-12-2004	#1 (permalink)
dgstinner Wardriver in Jersey Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 99	2Wire Home Portal 100W I can get a 2Wire Home Portal 100W that we've had lying around where I work for the last few years. I plugged it in to make sure it would at least turn on and found out it's apparently made by Proxim (at least that's what NetStumber claimed as the vendor when I ran it). I also noticed WEP is on by default it seems. I was reading the owner's manual for it and it seems like this device can be used as a AP, router, or a bridge. Is that correct? Is it worth me taking this? I have an old compaq pc running Red Hat 7.3 that I can hook up to the 2Wire, if it can be used as a bridge, and run Kismet to try and detect other people running NetStumbler.

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Thorn Did you do the math? Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Villa Straylight Posts: 10,351	Sounds like you have everything you need. Hmmm... Honey pot? If you can't think of a good use, remember that I'm always willing to give orphaned equipment a good home. Nice countryside, fresh air, out of the city... __________________ Thorn "Read Altas Shrugged. Compare it to today. Repeat as necessary"

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kleptophobiac Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 310	Heh, I've got quite a collection of scurvy old crap nobody else wants. My basement is a massive dumpster. Last edited by kleptophobiac : 05-13-2004 at 03:06 AM.

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Madhadder General "Noob Basher" Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Munich, Germany Posts: 1,620	Snag the dam thing.... If it doesn't work the way you want it to, Ebay it and get some $$$ __________________ Legends may sleep, but they never die!!!!

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05-12-2004	#3 (permalink)
dgstinner Wardriver in Jersey Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 99	It wouldn't be stealing. It's worthless to us and I was told by my sales manager to get rid of it. So it's either going in the trash or coming home with me.

05-12-2004	#6 (permalink)
dgstinner Wardriver in Jersey Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 99	What, if anything, can I do with this other than the obvious? Here's my setup: WindowsXP Pro on a desktop machine WindowsXP Home on a HP laptop with a Linksys WPC11v3 Linksys BEFSR41 4 port router Linksys WRT54G Wireless router being used as an AP right now. An old Compaq Presario 2266 running RH 7.3 presently not hooked up to the router.

05-13-2004	#12 (permalink)
kleptophobiac Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 310	That must be it, no wonder I felt right at home in the back lot of the dayton hamfest.

05-16-2004	#13 (permalink)
sparafina Registered Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: TX,MD,NY Posts: 1,430	In one of my ugliest hacks in recent history, I stuck a 2wire orinoco mini-pci card complete with antennas into an Thinkpad A21m. The pcmcia slots were fried so I yanked it out, hot glued the big metal bracket antennas in place where the pcmcia module used to be. It works like a charm.

05-16-2004	#15 (permalink)
dgstinner Wardriver in Jersey Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 99	I got the Home Portal 100W. Now I just wish there was a way to hook it up to either my WinXP Pro tower or my Red Hat Linux desktop and use it to detect wardrivers.