Re: A flurry of port scans

"Duane Arnold" <notme@notme.com> wrote in message
news:Xns969E78F34F171notmenotmecom@63.240.76.16...
> "Anne" <anne_simpson1@hmail.com> wrote in
> news:1122301183.7695.0@nnrp-t71-03.news.uk.clara.net:
>
I have another machine connected to the router, though
>> it's rarely switched on. The last time I used it (about a week ago)
>> ZA produced a pop-up 'new network detected'. I clicked OK, named
>> it, and thought no more about it.
>>
>>
>> Am I somehow bypassing the router?
>
> The machine seems to not have a private LAN IP that belongs to the
> router. Therefore, the machine will not be able to access the router's
> Admin screens.
>

Ok...

> Secondly, I don't know how you did it but apparently, the machine is not
> connected to the router or is not getting a LAN IP from the router and is
> not being protected by the router.
>

Well I can confirm that it's definitely still physically connected, and the
only change that I'm aware of is the 'new network' issue above. I
understand what you're saying about the LAN IP though.

> I cannot say that some restore is going to fix the problem either. You
> need to figure out what IP the machine is using for sure and you can do
> that by entering IPconfig /all at the DOS Command Prompt.

I have - that's how I know it was 82.4.whatever.
The idea of a restore was really clutching at straws - I'd rather know
what's wrong and how to fix it, to be honest.

And for the next instalment... when I came back to the machine just now, I
disabled the connection (from the shortcut), then re-enabled, but it came
back stating 'limited connectivity'. In fact there was no web connectivity
at all. I've since rebooted the PC and router, and lo and behold, ZA is
now showing yet another 'new network', with a far more sensible IP range -
192, and the PC's IP address is back to 192.blah.blah.blah

All seems to be back to normal - for now - but I've printed off the ipconfig
output for future reference.

Is it possible that the router is on its way out?
Received on Thu Sep 29 19:59:29 2005