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Q: Can Network worms get on Apple Extreme routers

Can Network worms get on Apple Extreme routers

Posted on Mar 23, 2016 4:27 PM

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Q: Can Network worms get on Apple Extreme routers

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  • by Carolyn Samit,

    Carolyn Samit Carolyn Samit Mar 23, 2016 4:29 PM in response to gwik430
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    Mar 23, 2016 4:29 PM in response to gwik430

    Highly unlikely.

  • by LaPastenague,

    LaPastenague LaPastenague Mar 23, 2016 10:43 PM in response to Carolyn Samit
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    Mar 23, 2016 10:43 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

    Carolyn Samit wrote:

     

    Highly unlikely.

    +1.

     

    The actual access the Airport from WAN is only available if you leave it deliberately turned on.. the airport will show this as an error.. do not allow configuration over wan. Even if you do allow configuration over WAN you still have to get past the admin password.. which apple now forces you to change.. if you still foolishly use the default password "public" then again an error message pops up and you will have that error with you even if you ignore it.

     

    However if people have physical access to your Airport.. there is no security at all.. so be warned.. anyone can do a soft reset and gain access to the airport, without your knowledge since no logs are saved by apple nowadays. Actually planting a worm would need the ability to rewrite the firmware and since Apple write it in NetBSD and do not release the source code I am seeing this as a problem. They can however change settings or get easy access to your existing passwords.. so the people who live under your roof should be people you trust.. !!

     

    The most recent firmware update was to fix the security bug in SSH.

  • by Tesserax,Helpful

    Tesserax Tesserax Mar 30, 2016 5:14 PM in response to gwik430
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    Mar 30, 2016 5:14 PM in response to gwik430

    Is this a general question or do you believe your network has been infected? If the latter what operating systems are your network clients running ... OS X, Windows, Linux, or some combination of these? What is the make & model of your Internet modem?

  • by gwik430,

    gwik430 gwik430 Mar 30, 2016 5:17 PM in response to Tesserax
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    Mar 30, 2016 5:17 PM in response to Tesserax

    It is possible one of my Windows PCs was compromised and I needed a new hard for it anyway so I bought one and rebuilt it.  However, my new Airport Extreme is not recognizing my Airport Express as an extended drive.  I might need to have Apple Store check it out.

  • by Tesserax,

    Tesserax Tesserax Mar 30, 2016 5:37 PM in response to gwik430
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    Mar 30, 2016 5:37 PM in response to gwik430

    However, my new Airport Extreme is not recognizing my Airport Express as an extended drive.

    Do you mean that the AirPort Express is not properly extending the wireless range of the Extreme? Or, by "drive" you are referring to an external USB drive attached to the Express' USB port? If the latter, then a "worm" is definitely not the issue here. That is, because, the AirPort Express' USB port does NOT support USB drives, only printers.

  • by gwik430,

    gwik430 gwik430 Mar 31, 2016 9:47 AM in response to Tesserax
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    Mar 31, 2016 9:47 AM in response to Tesserax

    It is not properly extending my Airport Express.  Doesn't seem to recognize it exists.

  • by Tesserax,

    Tesserax Tesserax Mar 31, 2016 9:51 AM in response to gwik430
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    Mar 31, 2016 9:51 AM in response to gwik430

    It is not properly extending my Airport Express.  Doesn't seem to recognize it exists.

    Your original post mentioned an AirPort Extreme. Is this not the case? That is, are both of your base stations the AirPort Express models? If so, which exact models are they? (Note: A typical model number starts with an "A" followed by four digits.

     

    Will the connection between them be wired or wireless? If wireless, are they in the same room, different room, or different floor?

  • by gwik430,

    gwik430 gwik430 Mar 31, 2016 10:08 AM in response to gwik430
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    Mar 31, 2016 10:08 AM in response to gwik430

    Airport Extreme is a Model A1521.  Airport Express is a Model A1392.

  • by gwik430,

    gwik430 gwik430 Mar 31, 2016 10:10 AM in response to gwik430
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    Mar 31, 2016 10:10 AM in response to gwik430

    I am trying to set them up as wireless and when I am trying to do it they are in the same room.

  • by Tesserax,

    Tesserax Tesserax Mar 31, 2016 10:18 AM in response to gwik430
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    Mar 31, 2016 10:18 AM in response to gwik430

    Ok, thank you for the updated information.

     

    At this point, I would suggest that you start by performing a "factory default" reset on the AirPort Express.  Once successfully completed and after the base station has restarted, we will go through the steps to configure it to extend the Wi-Fi range of the Extreme.

     

    Will you be using a Mac, PC, or iOS device to administer the base stations? (Note: The version of the AirPort Utility for Windows has not been updated since Windows 7. It does not fully support the 802.11ac base station versions and I don't recommend using it. I would recommend either a Mac running a newer version of OS X or an iOS device instead.)