Re: Router log question

maybenot wrote:
> "-Lone_Wolf-" <-lone_wolf-@CLOTHESexcite.com> wrote in message
> news:cYWdnVZvvY9rWxDeRVn-gw@comcast.com...
>> Does a (wireless) connection in my NAT routers log (SMC2404WBR)
>> indicate a successful connection to my LAN or just a connection to
>> the router on the outside of the limited security it offers?
>
> If your router is the DHCP server, yes, you'll see a log when the box
> renews its ip. You can check the DHCP table also to see what boxes
> are connected.

As Duane mentioned I use static IP's on my LAN so there is no DHCP activity
on the LAN side of the router. The activity in question is on the outside
(or so I assume).

Here is a sample of the log (names have been changed to protect the
innocent);

Nov/30/2005 03:18:26
 DHCP Receive IP:##.##.85.17 ##.##.85.17
Nov/30/2005 03:18:26
 DHCP Request ##.##.85.17
Nov/29/2005 22:21:15
 Wireless PC connected 00-02-3A-2C-11-1C
Nov/29/2005 22:20:00
 Wireless PC connected 00-02-3A-2C-11-1C
Nov/29/2005 12:02:07
 Wireless PC connected 00-01-4F-09-E7-99
Nov/29/2005 03:18:27
 DHCP Receive IP:##.##.85.17 ##.##.85.17
Nov/29/2005 03:18:27
 DHCP Request ##.##.85.17
Nov/28/2005 03:18:26
  DHCP Receive IP:##.##.85.17 ##.##.85.17
Nov/28/2005 03:18:26
 DHCP Request ##.##.85.17
Nov/27/2005 20:09:49
 Wireless PC connected 00-01-4F-09-E7-99...

I know the MAC address represented by "00-01-4F-09-E7-99" is my laptop but
there are two other MAC addresses that I know are not mine. I am assuming
this is acknowledgment of a connection to the router not of being allowed to
pass thru?
Received on Sat Dec 3 04:18:57 2005