[clug] Telstra 4G USB modem

Hal Ashburner hal at ashburner.info
Mon Jun 29 18:35:06 MDT 2015


Don't be sorry. It wasn't old news to me and I learned things.

On 30 June 2015 at 10:15, Robert Edwards <bob at cs.anu.edu.au> wrote:
> On 30/06/2015 4:18 am, csirac2 at gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my android device.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bob Edwards <Robert.Edwards at anu.edu.au>
>> Sent: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 12:46
>>>
>>> Careful though, the root password is well-publicised and the modem
>>> firmware provides a DNS proxy which is in the DHCP reply - what could
>>> go wrong here? Maybe that is why they are being sold off cheap? A few
>>
>>
>> If only that were the case! I'd love if jb-hifi cared about default root
>> creds.
>>
>> I think it's more likely they're getting rid of them due to narrow range
>> of supported network frequencies. Notably missing on this model is the newer
>> 700MHz modes.
>>
>
> Good point that. It isn't a 4Gx modem (and, apparently, has been around
> for several years, so apologies for spamming the list with "old" news).
>
> cheers,
>
> Bob Edwards.
>
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