Josh Frick, 2002-Mar-16 00:21 -0500: > Yes, I most definitely was confused. Thank you for the clarification. > I'm not familiar with the RFCs. My question, however, remains: > aren't network addresses in that range supposed to be prevented from > crossing (i.e. being routed) the internet? If they are, then it's > possible this traffic is local, is it not? I believe my DSL ISP > assigns a "private" class IP address before connection. Would this > then indicate that the connection attempt was made by another customer > of the person's ISP?
I have a cable modem and that little bugger sends out constant broadcasts from 192.168.100.1, which is itself. It turns out that the modem has a built in DHCP server. I set a filter on my firewall to drop it all silently. Perhaps you DSL modem as the same. I tested this by disconnecting the modem from the public side and plugging my laptop directly into it and running my dhcp client. I got an address on that subnet and the gateway address was set to 192.168.100.1. jc -- Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer Diggin' Debian Admin and User -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
