Question

[aileron172]

I have noticed that a lot of routers can be configured via a web browser. And they have a default gateway ip address 192.168.0.1. My question do you think it's a good idea to change this ip address. And is there anyway that some hackers can exploit this fact that alot of people have this default address and do some cracking. :confused:

[Boston_Bob]

ive wondered the same before....only thing i could come up with is yes, they can...BUT if they have access to your internal LAN in the 192.168.x.x range, they can probably figure it out no matter what you change the IP to.

It's pretty simple to find the default gateway on just about any machine once you have access to it, and this has a 99% chance of being your home router (talking cable/DSL). Not to mention the fact that most home networks aren't that big so scanning each machine for port 80 being open is trivial as well. Bottom line for this question is when someone on the outside gets ahold of access to one of your internal machines changing your routers IP won't really do that much.

my .02 cents

[Bob Carrick]

It's an internal non-routeable IP. So really you can't get to that IP from the outside world. If they've gotten that far changing the IP is going to make no difference. Generally the firewalls on hardware routers are decent and if you have a dynamic IP service even better.

[aileron172]

Thanks I was just wondering. All thoes default gateways I guess if hackers could get in they would have already done so already:rolleyes:

[aileron172]

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