Checking internet connection without a winbox

[Dotan Cohen]

On 20/09/06, Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-09-19 at 19:30 +0300, 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?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Dotan Cohen
> >
> I am still not sure what your problem really is. If you are connected to
> the Internet what are you trying to determine? But if you are trying to
> find out the ip address to the modem and or router it seems to me using
> a traffic monitoring program like tcpdump, nmap or tethereal would allow
> you to find out the ip of machines you machine is communicating with.
> One of them must be at the ip of your router. You router should have a
> web interface that will tell you the ip assigned by the DHCP server of
> your ISP.

The internet connection has many lost packets. I'd like to know who's
loosing them.

> That the technical people of your ISP can't tell you how to do this is
> very strange. Chauvinism would make me think that the CS department or
> the Computer Center at the Technion could help you with this.

Hmm, maybe I should go ask them. Good idea- thanks.

Dotan Cohen
http://what-is-what.com