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I want to pull porn out of thin air at work

RaslinRaslin Registered User regular
edited December 2007 in Help / Advice Forum
Alright, so I got a new psp slim for christmas. Its going great, everything is working, hooked it up to the internet at my house fine. However, I want to use it at my work to browse the net(my work is really slow).

However, the psp apparently doesn't like the wireless internet at my work. It detects the internet connection fine(usually 100% strength), and though its protected by a WEP key, I have the key, and it is the right key. Here's the problem:

If I just use automatic settings, with the WEP key in, when I try to connect, it times out while looking for the ip address. If I manually enter in everything, and try to connect, it gives me a DNS error(8041040F). I know the Subnet address, Primary DNS, and Secondary address are correct. The only thing's I'm unsure of are the IP address and Default Router. I have a piece of paper at my work which tells me the static IPs(I've tried all of them), and the Gateway(Which I assume is the default router? Though I've tried the static IPs as well, and any combination of those).

Just to put it out there, this is an "enhanced" business connection, no DCHP. I believe its DSL, and its provided by SBC, using a 2link router. I've been looking on google for help, but haven't run across any useful links. One thing I can't do is reset the router, because the camera's(and I assume other things) at my work use it to feed the video to the bosses, and they would flip out if the camera feed got cut(or especially if it screwed them up).

Anyone got suggestions?

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  • Bendery It Like BeckhamBendery It Like Beckham Hopeless Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    sure it's not mac address filtering?

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  • RaslinRaslin Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Bendery wrote: »
    sure it's not mac address filtering?

    I... don't know what that is.

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  • Lord YodLord Yod Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    You can set the router to only allow access from specific machines. Why you would do that and also have an access key is beyond me.

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  • Bendery It Like BeckhamBendery It Like Beckham Hopeless Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Also, maybe the router is only broadcasting G or N? AFAIK PsP needs a B signal.

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  • DrFrylockDrFrylock Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Lord Yod wrote: »
    You can set the router to only allow access from specific machines. Why you would do that and also have an access key is beyond me.

    Because the access key is also an encryption key. Otherwise, all your over-the-air data is sent unencrypted (unless it's encrypted at a higher-level, as with SSL), and unencrypted over-the-air data is fairly easily sniffable.

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  • RaslinRaslin Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Bendery wrote: »
    Also, maybe the router is only broadcasting G or N? AFAIK PsP needs a B signal.

    I thought about that, but would the PSP even detect a G only signal, at 100% no less? Also, I'm pretty sure its an older setup(Its a coffee shop, though not like starbucks where customers are invited to use it), so I would assume it uses B anyways.

    Also, I don't think it uses mac filtering, because the router is right next to the computer that mainly uses the internet. I don't see why they would even set up a wireless connection if they would do that.

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  • supabeastsupabeast Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Lord Yod wrote: »
    You can set the router to only allow access from specific machines. Why you would do that and also have an access key is beyond me.

    Because on Linux and some UNIX operating systems the mac address can be anything that the user wants it to be.

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  • PheezerPheezer Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2007
    You can actually do the same under Windows very frequently. Many recent NICs allow user defined MAC addresses and with the right driver it's easy to set. Because despite everyone's best guesses back in the 70s, we managed to run out of unique MAC addresses like 10 years ago, and it's really nice to be able to alter yours when a conflict is detected.

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  • AklyatneAklyatne Registered User new member
    edited December 2007
    If you really need porn that badly at work, you could just download some and convert it to a PSP-friendly format, then take it off your computer and put it on your PSP

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  • stigweardstigweard Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    That'd also be much safer than browsing porn over the internet at work. I doubt there are many employers out there that look kindly on work resources (including yourself) being used to access and view porn.

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  • jpegjpeg ODIE, YOUR FACE Scenic Illinois FlatlandsRegistered User regular
    edited December 2007
    I think he was just referring to the absolutely ridiculous Fox News "exposé" on the PSP's wireless capabilities.

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  • RaslinRaslin Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    ...The porn thing is a joke. I work in a box with windows on all sides.

    Christ, you guys lose at meme's

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  • chamberlainchamberlain Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    If there is no DHCP running you have to manually the set the IP of the PSP (in the correct subnet). Are yo sure there is no DHCP running? Most routers (and a lot of DSL modems) run DHCP.

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