TP-Link Easy Smart Switch security question
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@johnpoz well supposedly netgear is such a maker thus why using their firmware would be a good idea ?
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@rajkosto Netgear's firmware can only be flashed to TL-SG108E v1.0.
v1.0 does not allow modifying or removing VLAN 1, it also does not have web interface. While Netgear's yes.
Advantages over TP-Link firmware:
- Configuration web in TL-SG108E v1
- You can modify VLAN1, leave it without any port and even delete it.
- You can disable the configuration access with the Netgear ProSAFE Plus Utility tool, which will prevent the Switch from being discovered by broadcast packets.
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@apocalypse well you said
It is really simple, I think it could also be done in a v2/3.so i assumed it was a no brainer, probably just put the mac address in both places of 0xFC000 and 0x1FC000 so it uses one of them
if you have tried it and it doesnt work, then i shouldnt bother at all, of course -
@rajkosto what happens if you use DHCP client on TL-SG108E btw ? which VLAN does it take the dhcp IP from ?
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I had a few netgear switches over the years - and have never seen such a blunder like tplink where you could not remove vlan 1 from ports.
In a post they stated on their own forums they stated it was on purpose to allow access to the web gui from every port.. Clearly showing a complete and utter lack of basic grasp of what a vlan is.. Do you have such examples of netgear doing the same nonsense?
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@johnpoz that statement is a lie anyway since you can access the management IP from any VLAN, not just VLAN 1 (once you remove ports from VLAN1 on v3.0+ firmware)
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@rajkosto v1 has different chip than v2/v3.
Anyway v3 does allow to remove ports from VLAN1. And this firmware can be flashed in v2 directly (I did so).
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@apocalypse what chip is the v1 ? i assume the v2/v3 are RTL8370M ? or is it the other way around (in your first post you said it was RTL8370N which cant be because those are unmanaged)
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@rajkosto Yes, v1 has RTL8370N which is managed. Also Netgear GSS108E. You can get more information here: https://github-com.translate.goog/libc0607/Realtek_switch_hacking/blob/master/RTL8370N-SR8808M.md?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=es&_x_tr_pto=
There is even a Chinese firmware, with a web interface similar to that of TP-Link but without customization.
v2/v3 have RTL8367C. Yes, I know it is 5 ports but it is what appears in the TP-Link firmware if you open it with a hex editor.
v4/v5 I do not know.
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@apocalypse this whole TP-Link situation is a mess anyway, both the firmwares available on their site are labeled 1.0.0 for some reason (even though one is clearly newer than the other, via date and build no), and they have both Easy Smart Configuration Utility and Unmanaged Pro Configuration Utility available on the website which is the exact same application just renamed...
i guess theres nothing else to do for my V2.0 other than to run V3.0 2017 firmware on it
EDIT: heh trying out the DHCP client feature and its bugged, both my "smart switches" ended up getting the same IP from openwrt dhcp server (maybe because i chained one into the other), however the easy smart config program was able to distinguish them and change settings independently ??? -
@johnpoz
I've flashed my v2 to the v3 firmware but I'm unable to remove VLAN1 from all ports. I'm able to remove VLAN1 from all ports but port 1. If I try to remove VLAN1 from port 1 the switch goes offline (i'm unable to save the config with VLAN1 deleted from port 1) and I have to reboot to get connectivity back. My goal is to remove VLAN1 and change the default native vlan to something other than 1. Were you able to do this with the v3 firmware or do you know if this is possible?I now know I should have never bought one of these switches in the first place but if there's some way to get them to work, I'd like to try rather than tossing them in the trash. If I knew what I now know, I'd have never bought these "smart switches" and would have bought another Juniper EX2200-C.
Thanks!
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@grocerylist Should not. The Switch is accessible from any VLAN. Access it through a different VLAN than 1 on another port and try again.
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Hi guys!
This topic was interesting for me when I was looking for any information about security of these cheap switches.
If I remember correctly it is mentioned here that similar Netgear switches have the ability to turn off their web-interface. I found an article which proposes a strange "hack" which might be left in the firmware intentionally. This "hack" allows to disable web-gui on my TL-SG105E V5 until next reboot. Actually not only web-gui but the ability to be reconfigured and to be discovered by the configuration utility.Here is the command:
curl -d "username=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx&logon=Login" -X POST http://192.168.0.1/logon.cgiThe length of the username does matter. It's kind of buffer overflow, which doesn't looks like very reliable and enterprise-ready method but it's all we have :)
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Your beautiful ant the most intelligent anti-spam filter does not allow me to post a link to the original article.
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@risemann said in TP-Link Easy Smart Switch security question:
Your beautiful ant the most intelligent anti-spam filter
heheh - yeah I have no idea how it figures out what links should be allowed what should not.. But it then allows clear spam all the time with links, etc.
If you PM the link, be happy to post it for you.
The article sounds interesting.. Yeah my 2 cents on those switches - say a freak away..
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Got a similar situation (I think) with another switch model - Netgear GS305EP.
VLAN1 is defaulted everywhere and cannot be removed from ports.
Reason I stumbled upon this is that I have this switch in front of PFSense - similar to a set up in which you only have 1 NIC on a PFSense box and basically whenever I connect this switch, PFSense is unable to acquire an IP from my ISP......which makes me think that somehow this switch is trying to pull an IP using DHCP from VLAN1.
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@easycompany251 said in TP-Link Easy Smart Switch security question:
GS305EP
Hmmm - that is sad to hear, I do not have one to play with.. But not talking about deleting vlan 1 from the switch. Talking about removing it from a port when in 802.1q mode..
I looked for an emulator and can not find one to play with.. I have no use for a poe model, but I might be able to get non poe model the gs308e or gs305e to play with.. hmmm
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Yeah I tried excluding it from all ports.....but the web-ui requires it for at least 1 port....
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If it's only on one port that's OK. The problem situation is when all ports are forced to always be a member of the same VLAN.
Steve
