On Monday 28 June 2010 18:54:39 DSinc wrote:
> I still use xDSL. Soon I will move to FIOS. Well, as I get smarter
> and answer my ?many? questions (another thread in play!)
>
> I am beginning (again) to have trouble with my xDSL connection. I
> suspect someone local (or ?) keeps camping out on my assigned IP addy
> from my ISP so that they can just dick with my xDSL modem or my
> Router.
>
> I know I have my xDSL modem set to a "bridge" mode. I suspect this
> makes it a straight wire connection to my Router's WAN port.
I would never use "Bridge Mode" unless I was feeding a box that was
specifically setup to be a firewall, something like "IP Cop".
> I think I have my Router as |strong| as I currently comprehend its'
> directions.
Your router is not being used as anything but a modem. Its most
valuable assets are being thrown away by it being configured as it is.
> Turns out, I have to save Router logs and reboot the Router about
> every 3-7 days to recover a semi-firm connection. The Router is a
> DLink DGL-4300. All wireless is disabled. I use wired LAN only.
I use a Dlink router. I have mine set to firewall and NAT. The
firewall blocks all unrequested incoming traffic and lets everything
out. NAT allows me to use a range of IP addresses that are not
Internet routeable effectively allowing the use of several machines
from the single IP that my ISP assigns me. Which incidentally changes
each time I restart the router.
> Is this possible? Do not know why someone local chooses to pick on
> me? I will suppose giggles and laughs for the present!
> This is the same view to me as past electrical storm interference I
> had with an older (retired) xdsl modem.
Its quite possible that you have a tracking beacon installed on your
machine that reports your machines presence on the Internet. In all
probability you wouldn't know if you had.
> Yes, I do NOT KNOW that I might already have an internal "baddie" in
> play; other than every scanner I have used comes up negative.
What makes you think a scanner will find and report every "baddie" that
you might have on your machine.
> Thought? Suggestions? Ideas?
> Best,
> Duncan
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