[GRLUG] DoS Block on my local IP address

[Eric Beversluis]

On 12/28/2010 10:25 AM, Michael Mol 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.
>
I think, given that the live Ubuntu boot had no connectivity problem, 
I'll just do a fresh install, either 11.3 or Ubuntu.

Thanks for all the suggestions. I'll report on how things work after the 
reinstall.


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