On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 5:05 PM, Bob Vinisky <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Dec 14, 2017, at 4:54 PM, Russell Senior <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> That sounds extremely unlikely. It is possible that your router and >> their modem have the same (conflicting) network. Your router should >> NAT. Their device shouldn't be able to tell that all the traffic >> isn't coming from that router. They shouldn't be able to see any of >> the hosts on your LAN. >> > > Couldn’t agree more. To be more precise, when we first were granted dal, > about 5 or so years ago, I had the connection running through Aracnet. My dal > modem ( a Zoom ) just bridges the stuff to my lan router, which does all the > heavy lifting. The dal modem only modems - is not a router.
I assume you mean DSL. > > This setup has been flawless, until the Great Demise (Aracnet). Since then, > as a stopgap, the sip chores now are in Frontier’s clutches - ah - hands. I assume you mean ISP. > > All of a sudden, two days ago, the traffic ceased. Could connect to and ping > the modem, ping the dos servers, gateway, etc - - just no traffic. > > I’ll be glad to fill in more details, but am afraid of going all Stallman on > everyone <Grin> I want to confirm that your the WAN and LAN networks are different, sensible and non-overlapping. > > Bob > > ------ > The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. > Instead of altering their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts > to fit their views ... which can be very uncomfortable if you > happen to be one of the facts that needs altering. > -- Doctor Who, "Face of Evil" > > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
