Security Tips: Default Passwords

After you purchase a router or modem, the first thing you should do is run the install wizard (most do) and change the default login/passwords. Otherwise, you're likely to get into a situation where some piece of malware can either change your routing from either internal or external.

Here's a growing list of defaults, however, in case you've had to manually reset your gadget and can't figure out where to start fixing.

Gadgets: Pantech UM150 USB Modem

Enter the Pantech UM150.

After two-(2) years of using the Kyocera PC5750 and having moved to the Macbook Pro last month, it was time to change devices. The apparent "upgrade" (as Verizon puts it) isn't really because my older card wasn't working but rather the fact that Apple decided to go the ExpressCard way thus making my previous EV-DO card incompatible. Well, thank you very much ... I think.

The first thing I wanted to do was a speed test, naturally. Below are the results for my area and a quick average is 1-Mbps down and 280 Kbps up:







What are the apparent improvements from the previous wireless device? Lets see just from the box info:
















Nothing much wouldn't you say? But wait, here's the thing - USB vs PCMCIA.

That meaning, it doesn't matter what operating system you use the Pantech on nor does it matter what device from laptops, desktops, and depending on how much a gadget freak you are , like me, direct as a shared access point in your network :-)