LittleDrag0n Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Hello. Just trying to setup the new firmware on my R2 and I'm unable to enter spaces in the WiFi password. I've managed to get round this in the past, by copy/pasting the password from notepad into the password field, but now it seems to be completely locked down. Is there any reason why spaces are not allowed in the password field as It seems fairly unique to DumaOS? On another note. After upgrading to version 1.79, I was initially able to get directly back into the router. Given all the issues I've had, I decided to start from a clean slate with a Factory reset. Once the router rebooted I wasn't unable to access at all. To get round this, I ended up having to manually set the IP/Gateway of my pc. DumaOS was set with DHCP enabled, so not sure what was going on. Either way, it's not a major issue, but might be one to look out for for others. For those running into this issue. I simply set my IPv4 settings as follows:- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted October 31, 2020 Administrators Share Posted October 31, 2020 I'm not sure that's fairly unique to DumaOS, even if I'm registering for a website they do not allow the use of a space most of the time. Have you got other routers that allow you to use spaces? We have allowed special characters to be used in the password now so could perhaps use _ to denote a space. Thanks for the heads up and solution to the issue you had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 I've got a couple of routers, including a Netgear N900, that allows a space in the Wifi password. FYI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleDrag0n Posted October 31, 2020 Author Share Posted October 31, 2020 Thanks for confirming @Netduma Fraser. I've used a variety of routers over the years, but mainly from Netgear and the standard BT supplied routers, all of which allowed spaces. Its odd, because on previous versions of the firmware, I did manage to include spaces in the password by pasting, which then seemed to work fine. It's not a major issue, but will be a pain, because I will need to update on all my smart devices around the house... Anyway, thanks for confirming. So far so good on the new firmware, so well done on finally getting it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted October 31, 2020 Administrators Share Posted October 31, 2020 I will put a request in to allow the use of spaces and see if we can get that changed, thanks for bringing it to my attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Killhippie Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Spaces are not a symbol, while some Netgear routers may allow it its bad practice as its not a true digit and a space is easy to guess and can confuse a router too let alone the client. You should be looking for a wifi password of 8 digits minimum hopefully at least using ASCII or hexadecimal, I use 63 digit ASCII for 256 bit AES encryption. Equally your routers password should be hard to guess, and about 8 digit minimum too .This is from Cisco and its good advice. https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/sec_usr_aaa/configuration/15-sy/sec-usr-aaa-15-sy-book/sec-aaa-comm-criteria-pwd.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfie Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Some devices don’t like spaces in SSID password so that can create connecting issues. Apple springs to mind if I remember correctly from a little bit back. https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm this is a good way of generating a good password, no way anyone will in their lifetime crack it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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