This entire process could easily take less than 30 seconds.
An attacker with a toolset like Kali Linux can use Wireshark to eavesdrop on a packet, run a quick command to change their MAC address, use aireplay-ng to send deassociation packets to that client, and then connect in its place. You may be thinking that this will not be possible because the device is already connected, but a “deauth” or “deassoc” attack that forcibly disconnects a device from a Wi-Fi network will allow an attacker to reconnect in its place.
RELATED: How an Attacker Could Crack Your Wireless Network SecurityĪll an attacker has to do is monitor the Wi-Fi traffic for a second or two, examine a packet to find the MAC address of an allowed device, change their device’s MAC address to that allowed MAC address, and connect in that device’s place. They’re sent over the air with each packet going to and from the device, as the MAC address is used to ensure each packet gets to the right device. But MAC addresses can be easily spoofed in many operating systems, so any device could pretend to have one of those allowed, unique MAC addresses. MAC Address Filtering Provides No Security Your router probably allows you to configure a list of allowed MAC addresses in its web interface, allowing you to choose which devices can connect to your network. With MAC address filtering a router will first compare a device’s MAC address against an approved list of MAC addresses and only allow a device onto the Wi-Fi network if its MAC address has been specifically approved.
Normally, a router allows any device to connect - as long as it knows the appropriate passphrase. This meant that all the configuration changes they were trying were doing nothing - so I want to see what decoders your files are using (to make sure it is using AC3 Filter), and the Filter Properties menu will show that.RELATED: Don't Have a False Sense of Security: 5 Insecure Ways to Secure Your Wi-FiĮach device you own comes with a unique media access control address (MAC address) that identifies it on a network. Yes I checked the Filter properties, but I don't exactly know what to look out for.Ĭould you post a screenshot of the Filter Properties menu output so I can take a look at it? That's if the above advice does not solve the problem of course The reason why I am interested in a screenshot is that we have had a DTS problem before ( ) where it turned out that despite the OP thinking that AC3 Filter was being used, it in fact was not being used. That's a long winded way of saying to ignore the last post in that thread for the moment - just look at ByteM3's response
The 64bit install should have done nothing for Zoom, though it is possible it somehow reset the 32bit AC3 Filter configuration which may in fact have been the problem. Zoom Player is only a 32bit application however, which means it cannot use a 64bit filter or decoder (Windows limitation). In the last post of that thread, the OP posted that installing 64bit AC3 Filter solved the problem. You have Realtek sound - check this advice from ByteM3: Is AC3 Filter set to 'As Is (No Change)' in the 'Output Format' field in both the 'Main' and 'SPDIF' tabs? If not, set it as such and see if it works then.Ģ. Now that is interesting - it would explain the problem I believe having said that. The AC3Filter properties are showing tha SPDIF is disabled (see picture attached). a DTS sound is detected, it's just not givend out on the digital line to the amplifier.
Right clicking the movie and checking the Stream Selection shows that e.g. Playback: Audio offers several choices, I tested all, no differenceĭirect Sound: Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)ĭirect Sound: Realtek Digital Output(Optical)(Realtek High Definition Audio) Since there is no help on that end I am asking here again. what he did with my WinXP-ZP7 setup.īTW: that's the reason why I started the other thread "FDDShow Configuration in ZP Install Center is not working". The amplifier doesn't recognize DTS and AC3 etc. The new system uses optical TOSLINK to my amplifier and I do get sound, but as soon as I select pass-through for DTS everything stays quiet. My XP system was connected via coax digital out and my amplifier recognized everything I sent as S/PDIF passthrough. I bought a new HTPC for the living room (Win7 64bit) and try to set it up like my old system (XP 32bit), unfortunately it seems to behave different.