Rojo
join:2009-04-14
New York, NY
kudos:1 | [OS X] Router when no router? My Network settings show a Router IP number.
However my cable modem is directly plugged into the iMac's Ethernet port, no router used.
Any idea why it shows "Router: 24.186.xx.x" ?
Cable/DHCP
OSX 10.6.8 |
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 ThinkdiffPremium,MVM
join:2001-08-07
Bronx, NY
kudos:6 | There are routers all over the internet. The IP you're seeing is the router at your ISP.
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Rojo
join:2009-04-14
New York, NY
kudos:1 | The router at OOL? Where is this router located? |
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 vukodlak75Nisam Ti DudePremium,MVM
join:2001-10-27
Willoughby, OH | reply to Rojo
Routers don't usually give out an ip with 24. |
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Rojo
join:2009-04-14
New York, NY
kudos:1 | The first two sets match my IP number, the last two sets differ. |
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ThinkdiffPremium,MVM
join:2001-08-07
Bronx, NY
kudos:6 | reply to Rojo
Yes. Every network needs a router to.. route packets between different networks.
The router is most likely located at your local head-end/CMTS.
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ThinkdiffPremium,MVM
join:2001-08-07
Bronx, NY
kudos:6 | reply to vukodlak75
said by vukodlak75:Routers don't usually give out an ip with 24.
It's the ISP's router. Not a consumer router doing NAT.
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Cable modem is a router. A router is a device that converts the Cable/fiber/dsl to Ethernet. It also acts as a Gateway that provides IP address.
Your Cable modem might have been set/configured as a bridge and you are receiving the IP address provided by the ISP's routers to the Cable modem. I have this design. |
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ThinkdiffPremium,MVM
join:2001-08-07
Bronx, NY
kudos:6 | said by Da Geek Kid:Cable modem is a router. A router is a device that converts the Cable/fiber/dsl to Ethernet. It also acts as a Gateway that provides IP address.
This is almost entirely incorrect. I'll give you that, under certain rare conditions, a cable modem can provide IP addresses. But that's it.
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 donoreoPremium
join:2002-05-30
North York, ON | said by Thinkdiff:said by Da Geek Kid:Cable modem is a router. A router is a device that converts the Cable/fiber/dsl to Ethernet. It also acts as a Gateway that provides IP address.
This is almost entirely incorrect. I'll give you that, under certain rare conditions, a cable modem can provide IP addresses. But that's it. A Cable modem is actually a bridge.
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ThinkdiffPremium,MVM
join:2001-08-07
Bronx, NY
kudos:6 | Exactly. Motorola modems do have a special mode that distributes private IP addresses in the 192.168.100.x space when there's no cable connection, so I revised my post to give him that much. But the rest was wrong.
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Rojo
join:2009-04-14
New York, NY
kudos:1 | It is a D3 Motorola |
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Routers never give out IP. It's the DHCP Server that does. A router can act as a DHCP Server if it is enabled for a particular interface. |
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I bet your Router address is:
24.186.xx.1
And that your IP is same first 3 octets and last is something larger than 1
And the field marked as Router is your gateway address
ot
I suggest you get a router soon as you can to make it harder for a knuckled to cause computer grief for you |
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ThinkdiffPremium,MVM
join:2001-08-07
Bronx, NY
kudos:6 | said by Liberty:ot
I suggest you get a router soon as you can to make it harder for a knuckled to cause computer grief for you
Or at least make sure OS X's firewall is activated.
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vukodlak75Nisam Ti DudePremium,MVM
join:2001-10-27
Willoughby, OH | reply to Thinkdiff
never mind me  |
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Rojo
join:2009-04-14
New York, NY
kudos:1 | reply to Liberty
said by Liberty:I bet your Router address is:
24.186.xx.1
Correct.
And that your IP is same first 3 octets and last is something larger than 1
No. Yes.
And the field marked as Router is your gateway address
How do I tell?
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I suggest you get a router soon as you can to make it harder for a knuckled to cause computer grief for you
Hmm... »Legit OpenDNS Cert?
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| I usually see IP the way I 'bet' but doesn't always apply
I understand WAN network router address and gateway are the same thing
Unless you have a router in your house then you will see your computer's gateway becomes your router's address - the router's gateway is the network router's address - supplied by the modem
That is one of the things a router does for you - to keep a hardware separation between you and internet
Not disputing having ones firewall up helps very much... |
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Rojo
join:2009-04-14
New York, NY
kudos:1 | My Mac's firewall is always on.
Also always on is DNSCrypt/SSL and Ghostery.
Do you know what ProcessID600 on Safari is? I'm getting a lot of opened ports with that. Also PID1598.
Is there an app that will instantly and selectively close ports you choose? |
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ThinkdiffPremium,MVM
join:2001-08-07
Bronx, NY
kudos:6 | reply to Liberty
said by Liberty:Unless you have a router in your house then you will see your computer's gateway becomes your router's address - the router's gateway is the network router's address - supplied by the modem
Modems don't supply IP addresses under normal operation. They are bridges, as mentioned earlier.
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