- Fox Password / IP addresss standard. Fox IP address and authentication credentials for the AP. The default IP address and authentication credentials is easy to download the supporting documentation from the vendor’s web site. Wireless network scanning tools like NetStumbler, identifies the hardware vender of MAC address by comparing the in-broadcast the lists in the IEEE. If an attacker can access the console administrators AP and default passwords are not changed, then the attacker could mendisablekan all security settings or could result in a denial of service by changing settings such as channel or SSID. This prevents the client using an access point.