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Weighted D-Link DIR hardening audit for the blank admin password, WPS, mydlink, remote management and end-of-support firmware, with a WPS PIN attack timer.
This D-Link hardening checklist runs a weighted 22-point pass over a DIR-series router — the admin password that many models ship blank, WPA2/WPA3 mode, WPS, remote management, UPnP, port forwards, SharePort USB sharing and firmware — and scores what is still open rather than counting ticks. It also asks the question that decides everything else on D-Link hardware: whether the model has been declared end-of-support, since the vendor states it will not patch reported flaws in those devices. A built-in WPS timer applies the split-half PIN flaw — 11,000 attempts instead of 10 million — to show how quickly the Wi-Fi key falls while WPS is enabled.
Open D-Link Router Hardening Checklist on AltFTool — it loads instantly in your browser.
Add your input to the workspace.
Adjust the options until the result looks right.
Copy or download the output and put it to work.
Every step scores by exposure removed, and any open critical step holds the total at 60%.
Lifecycle is a scored, critical item because on D-Link hardware it often outranks any setting.
Enter your model's attempt rate and lockout and see the worst-case and average time to recover the PIN.
Many DIR models ship with the username admin and no password at all, reachable at dlinkrouter.local or 192.168.0.1. Newer units print a unique password on the label under the router, and that label — including the Ax or Bx hardware revision — is the authoritative source for your device.
In the worst case about 11,000 PIN attempts, because the WPS registrar confirms the first four digits before the rest are sent, collapsing a 10 million combination search. At 20 attempts a minute that is roughly nine hours, and on chipsets with predictable nonces the offline Pixie Dust attack recovers the PIN in seconds.
Treat it as unpatched. D-Link publishes end-of-support notices for older routers and states it will not issue fixes for flaws found in them, so any vulnerability disclosed after that date stays open permanently. Hardening the settings reduces the exposed surface but cannot close a code-execution bug, and replacement is the real fix.
Yes. Remote management publishes the DIR admin page on the internet, historically on port 8080, where mass scanners find it within hours of it appearing. Combined with the number of DIR models that no longer receive firmware, it turns a local weakness into an internet-facing one.