Sorry if this topic is for Technical Assistance, but this place seems better to me for it. And I'm more comfortable writing here, because it's just maybe one of the places in the forum, where it's relatively calm.

Anyway, let's get straight to the topic. How can you hack your own router? In this case, I am basically asking how can I hack my own router, obviously.
Since I got a lappy, I have always had this annoying problem. All the internet traffic has to pass through the router. Before that, the PC was directly hooked to the cable, and it worked flawlessly. But now, I am facing the ports issue. I believe that I have a good point of wanting to hack it.

Let me tell you why:

For one thing, no ports are forwarded on the router. And this is the main reason why I want to be able to hack it. Or do whatever to it, just to gain access to that specific area.

Why can't I do it, you would ask?

My ISP is not allowing me access to there. The router has some sort of protection.

And why is THAT?

Because, by having this router, I have an agreement with my ISP, that other people would be able to use it too. It basically hosts 2 wireless networks. One personal, and one public, which every client of the same ISP can use. It is made that way, so the clients can have wireless all around the city. I do NOT want to touch that part. I want to let it be. If I wanted, I could have bought another router, or I could have reseted or flashed this one. I want to let other people use it. BUT - my isp doesn't seem to believe me.

OK, why would they not open my ports then?

That, I have no idea. Every time I call them, they say that they have opened them. Nobody ever says that somebody has opened them before. I wrote on their forums; I contacted their staff more than once, and I don't want to do it any more. They have payment plans for Static IPs. It is quite cheap too, but I don't want that. I simply want a few ports forwarded. I want my projects on xampp to be accessible from the outside. I want to host LFS servers every now and then, when I feel like testing. And that's pretty much it. My plan is for 30mbit/s both down and up, how come would I have no rights to host anything? Nothing says that I am not allowed to host servers, or anything like that.

That's why I have reached the final conclusion: The damn thing needs to be hacked, and I need to be able to access it's control panel. It's a NETGEAR WGR614 v8, btw, in case you have any suggestions
I am tired of this, and you have no idea how bad I want to hack it. I have read here and there. Some people say restart it, and while it's booting, extract it's username and password. Good, I don't know how that would happen, but I might dig into it more, if I ever get to a login screen. That thing is protected too.

This is like the weirdest conflict of interests ever. I want to keep their settings, and I want people to still be able to have access through my router. But how on earth would I do that, if they won't tell me any login details? Seriously, if this doesn't work, I might just try flashing it, as that's what an ex employee of the company told me to do. Or just buy a new router. Why do they not understand that there is a rough way, and there is THIS way, that I want. Maybe I should just post a thread like this on their forum, so that more people can see the point in this.

It is just so annoying! :gnasher:


Would it require some low level stuff? I don't demand anyone to do it for me, even tho it would be purely awesome .. I'd be more than happy if I'm pointed to an article.. or.. something. I've never been a "hacker". I am not interested in it either. But in this case, I think, if I want to achieve my goal, I'd need to know this and that.

Sorry for the long read, and thanks for any help in advance.

I hate to say this, but get a new ISP. That sounds like a bunch of BS.

I am waiting for a better one to expand their region. But for now, this is the best you can get. It is the most stable ISP for my area at the moment. That's why I am sticking with it for now. The support on the others is even worse too, so no point. All I used to get from the support from my prev ISP was:
Step 1: Turn off your router; wait 20 seconds; start again.
Step 2: If it still doesn't work: Restart your computer.
Step 3: If it still doesn't work: Reinstall windows.
Step 4: If it still doesn't work, your LAN card is broken. Replace it.
Step 5: They will send a technician to stay at your house, doing nothing, because the problem is simply on their side.

The other ISPs you can get on here are either with lower speeds, or not as stable as this one. It's just not worth the installation tax.

I would check and see if they really did poke a hole in your router when you asked them too ... For this I use GRC's ShieldsUP!, that allows you to see what ports you have open on your computer. Also keep in mind, while port forwarding works, it also has to point to the correct IP on your local network. You can't just open the port and have that be it, the data has to go somewhere and you need to tell the router that. So it's a case that your ISP should ask you for your port and the local IP of your computer you want that port forwarded too. Packets that go out don't have this problem, because we know where they are coming from and know where they are trying to get to and on what port. For a packet coming in, it's a different story, and your router can't just mutlicast the packet, because what does it do if it get's a response from more then one web server on your local network, what one does it send to the client requesting the page? Anyway, I'm kinda of tired, but I'll try to explain this in a much clearer thought patten when I wake up. Until then, tell your ISP the port and the IP you want it forwarded too. Opening the port won't help, you have to forward it as well.

Yes, I've been through this procedure. Every time I call I tell them the IP that my lappy usually gets(along with the ports I want, obviously). If the local IP is different, I change it on the laptop. I realize what port forwarding means, and how it works. Thanks for the explanation tho, and for that tool too. I will get it and see how it goes.

How about just getting that new router (and hook your current one to that if you want)? If it isn't about the cost?

Also, it could be worth a shot to see if the router will work with miniupnp

Quote from hyntty :

How about just getting that new router (and hook your current one to that if you want)? If it isn't about the cost?

Also, it could be worth a shot to see if the router will work with miniupnp

I would say the same thing about DD-WRT, but that would at the end of the day nuke the router's settings.

Quote from Dygear :

I would say the same thing about DD-WRT, but that would at the end of the day nuke the router's settings.

Tomato > DD-WRT, especially ones based on 2.6 kernel.

Quote from E.Reiljans :

Tomato > DD-WRT, especially ones based on 2.6 kernel.

I was waiting for someone to chime in with that ... to each his own.

Quote from Dygear :

I was waiting for someone to chime in with that ... to each his own.

Well, Tomato is just updated DD-WRT with newer progs & a bit redesigned web-UI, it's not like e.g. LFS vs iRacing.