Wifi Channel

[KlippKlapp]

Hello Guys!

Is there a way to force another router to change the channel? I have the Wifi password but not the admin password.

[dark_pyrro]

Why would you want to force the change of channel?

[santah]

because too many routers are transmitting via the same channel and the connection is therefore very poor.

[dark_pyrro]

I'll let the thread creator answer before asking any further questions...

[KlippKlapp]

Because too many routers in my area broadcast on the same channel and the connection is therefore very poor.



I could have written a lot more but I got such a strange message.

"You have reached the maximum number of posts you can make per day."

[dark_pyrro]

That argument won't give you the right to make changes to equipment that you clearly don't have permissions to access.

[KlippKlapp]

Both routers are in my living room.
Router 1 (main router) FRITZ!Box 6690
Router 2 (test router) Easybox 904x

Both routers belong to me.

[dark_pyrro]

Still you haven't got the admin password to change things.

But... if you can't control the main router, why not add a second one ("behind" the main router) that you actually can control and do the settings you desire to do?

[KlippKlapp]

I think I expressed myself incorrectly. I have 2 routers. My main router (FRITZ!Box 6690) with admin password 
and a router (Easybox 904x) as a test setup (without internet). 
I just wanted to know if I can trigger a channel change from the Easybox with “auto channel on”.

Again I have the Easybox 904x to experiment and learn. Theoretically I have admin rights on the router 
but I don't want to use them.

[dark_pyrro]

It depends, if it's 5 GHz, it could most likely be possible, at least temporarily, but it also would potentially put you in a position that is close to (or *is*) creating a DoS scenario which probably is illegal in a lot of countries.

[KlippKlapp]

What would such a DoS look like for a 5 GHz network?

I'm not worried whether it's illegal or not because it's my hardware.

[dark_pyrro]

Are you living in the middle of a desert with no one near as far as the eye can see? If not, then it wouldn't most likely affect just your equipment.

[KlippKlapp]

 

If someone wants to DDOS a server, does it also bring down the entire internet in the world?

[dark_pyrro]

No, but this isn't about servers, is it?