Checking internet connection without a winbox

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Tuesday 19 September 2006 12:30, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> I've tried all the addresses mentioned, but none of them led anywhere.
>> And I've had no luck googleing for the modem, nor any luck talking to
>> the geniuses at the ISP.
>>
>> Of course, I'm trying this while connected to the 'net via the router.
>> Should I disconnect from the net, eliminate the router, and try these
>> addresses again?
>>
> I assume we're talking about a dsl modem here.  If the router is doing its 
> job, then the only place you'll see your 'outside' address is in one of 
> the routers status/config pages, usually at 192.168.0.1 or 1.1.  You 
> should be able to extract all the info you'd need from the routers web 
> server.  Just hit with firefox at one of the above addresses, log in (see 
> the routers docs for the password) and read it all.
> 
> If you remove the router, then you'll have to fight with Roaring Penguins 
> PPPoE utility, which I didn't have exactly stellar luck with 3.5 years 
> ago.  It may be improved since.
> 
> That will also require you to setup a firewall thats pretty bulletproof 
> since the router now is protecting you as best it can.  Which in my case 
> is pretty good, 3 logged hits in 3.5 years now have made it through the 
> router to the logs only to trigger portsentry into shutting the connection 
> down by dropping it into a black hole.
> 
A couple of other things to keep in mind. If the router is set up to
do something like PPPoE, then the modem does not have an outside
address. In that case, there is a status page on the router that
tells if the PPPoE connection is up. The logs on the router will
usually tell you went wrong if the connection is not up. On the
other hand, if the modem is configured to do the PPPoE connection,
then you may be able find the IP address of the modem by looking at
the router status page for the router. A lot of times the modem IP
address is listed in the WAN section. In my case, the modem IP
address is listed as the Domain Name Server address, and the IP
address of my Internet connection is listed as the IP address. The
router also has an option for keeping Dynamic DNS up to date.

Mikkel
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