[GRLUG] DoS Block on my local IP address

[Joseph Workman]

Is the Belkin supplied by the ISP and acting as the Router/Gateway/Modem or
is it just a peice of equipment you installed on the internal side of the
network ?


On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Eric Beversluis
> <ebever at researchintegration.org> wrote:
> > On 12/28/2010 9:55 AM, Michael Mol wrote:
> >>
> >> On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Eric Beversluis
> >> <ebever at researchintegration.org>  wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On 12/28/2010 9:28 AM, Eric Beversluis wrote:
> >>> NADA. Did factory reset etc. Still no Internet connectivity, just LAN,
> >>> from
> >>> the Lenovo Linux box.
> >>
> >> I wonder if it's a "detecting network freeloaders" feature or some
> >> such. It might be triggering on a spoofed MAC address, or it might be
> >> reticent about allowing newcomers to the network.
> >>
> >> What distro and role does the Linux box have? What kind of servers and
> >> network services is it running, if any? Did you have to do any weird
> >> configuration steps to get it to do what it does?
> >>
> > If TimeWarner or the Belkin router were blocking by MAC address, the boot
> > from the live Ubuntu wouldn't have worked either, would it?
> > @Mol: Running openSUSE 10.2. Nothing special that I know. I've been doing
> > all the updates as they come. A month or so ago there seemed to be some
> > changes: the xconsole started showing up when booting (and remaining in
> the
> > bottom panel tray till I close it) and the logon screen changed.  But
> > whatever happened then is long enough ago that I doubt if it has anything
> to
> > do with this problem.
> >
> > When you say "I wonder if it's a "detecting...", what 'it' are you
> referring
> > to? The box? the router? the ISP?
>
> The ISP has *nothing* to do with this; I've never heard that a
> consumer ISP outside the cellular arena that has active management on
> the router side of a SOHO setup. At most, I've seen them update
> firmware on modems. They manage their network, your manage yours.
>
> When I say "it", I'm talking about the features in the Belkin router.
>
> >
> > I don't have anything special running, that I know of. I use the terminal
> > server client a lot to access my Windows boxes, and that's still working
> > fine.
>
> What model is the router? At this point, I'd google for 'openSSUSE
> 10.2 [router model]' and similar for more information.
>
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