Is my wireless router running WPS?

A few days ago I posted a video demonstrating how to use reaver, by Tactical Network Solutions, to brute force the WPS PIN on a wireless router. During the video, I also demonstrated how you can check the beacon frames from a wireless router to determine if WPS was running. You can also check probe responses but that's neither here nor there.

Since posting the video, I have still been asked by quite a few people, both online and in-person, how they can tell if WPS is running on their wireless router. Unfortunately, there isn't a really easy way but a new tool, called Walsh, was included in the reaver-1.3 release which should make it easier for some people to find an answer to this question. Here is a quick demonstration of how the tool works:

Unfortunately, this method still requires a little bit of technical skill, but at least it's a little quicker than parsing cap files. (If you're interested in looking at some cap files, please check out the post where we take a look at Reaver in the air.)

Daniel

Comments

[Michael Horowitz]

On an Android smartphone, the WiFi Analyzer app shows whether an AP/Router has WPS enabled or not.

[Daniel]

Hi Michael,

Thanks for stopping by my blog. This is a good tip. Sadly I don't have an Android device but this good to know for those who do.

As a side note, I believe Blackberries can also indicate WPS capabilities on the WLAN they are connecting to.

[portable wireless router]

Super! Just what I was looking for. :-)

[Daniel]

Glad you found it useful.

[Austin Software Company]

I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting.

[Daniel]

Thanks for visiting my little corner of the web. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

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