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How can I turn off a Cisco modem/router's “Wi-Fi Protected Setup”?

My modem/router, a Cisco EPC3925, has something called "Wi-Fi Protected Setup" or "WPS", preventing me from changing certain settings. This includes turning wireless off altogether. This feature hands ...
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How can I clear out all old Wi-fi settings on Windows 7?

I watched Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) in Windows 7 on Channel 9 and would love to test it out. But my laptop is already set up. In the video one of the guys go into the command prompt and runs some ...
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Should I be worried about WPS on EA6500?

I own the Linksys EA6500 and it has WPS with the WPS button. I have disabled WPS (enabled by default) because I remember reading about brute force attacks against WPS routers which have them enabled ...
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Can a cable-connected computer to ADSL modem print through a WPS paired printer?

Well they happened to brought a printer to my office and before I go through all the trouble trying to set it up, I have a question: I do have a computer that is cable-connected to the ADSL modem ...
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Reconfiguring a WiFi Access Point's wireless settings through WPS

I visited Reconfiguring a WiFi Access Point's wireless settings through WPS? When I'm running wpa_cli -g /var/run/wpa_supplicant it's opening further Interactive mode. But over here when I am ...
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Reconfiguring a WiFi Access Point's wireless settings through WPS?

As you may know, WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) has recently been broken. I downloaded and tested Reaver-WPS, the tool that implements the WPS attack. The tool's README file states: Reaver performs a ...
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How to add a printer to a Netgear router's LAN

I just bought a HP wireless printer and am trying to connect it to my home network so any connected PC can print to it. The network is "served" from a Netgear WGR614v7 wireless router. When I go into ...
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How do I open WPS files in Word Starter 2010?

Ok, this is driving me crazy. My parents have 100s of old WPS documents from an ancient version of MS Works, and they just bought a new computer with MS Word 2010 Starter on it. I ap trying to set it ...
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Does WPS Wi-Fi Setup interfere with settings set manually?

I've already got a little wireless home network, with just one router serving as both DHCP and internet access gateway for home wi-fi devices. The router and devices are set up manually, the way I ...
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Problems setting up security on a wireless network

I am having terrible trouble getting a wireless network set up at home. A few weeks ago our old wireless router (which was a NetGear DLink supplied by the ISP) broke down. We bought a brand new ...
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Covert wps file to PDF?

I have a wps file (Microsoft Works), but no Microsoft Works, and no Microsoft Office. Ultimately, I want to get a PDF but happy to convert to an intermediate format if I can. Preferably on OS X if ...