Can my provider block my router?

[Evil_Dr_Beefy]

Hello everyone, Having a problem setting up my linksys router BEFSR41 ver 1. I am running Win XP Pro. Comcast@home is my cable internet provider with the surfboard SB4100 cablemodem. Plus i am alway logged in admintrator. My question is..Is it possible for comcast@home to block my routers information? I went to ipconfig/all...and my IP ROUTING ENABLE is set at NO. Is it possiable for me to enable it? (newbie's first homenetwork) THANKS


:cool:

[C.M. Weaver]

Comcast cannot detect that you are running a router unless they physically see it sitting on your desk.
Being logged in as administrator has nothing to do with your network configuration. Also, it does not enable a 'magic' setting that allows them to peek inside your computer.
Your router is not broadcasting routing information to your ISP.
IP Routing is used when you have multiple NIC's installed and are using your XP box as a router.

[Set]

Iv readed that some isp have blocked routing

I called my isp and said (was awile ago before Sg in lighed me) i have 2 pc i wanna hock em both to the net how much more he said nothing go buy a router :)


let see if it on your end

How many Pcs on it what OS. what type of ip staitic or dynamic <

[rpeAMP]

Are you saying that you can't connect with your router? If so, that's simply because your account is currently provisioned to your NIC card's MAC address. Your Linksys router has it's own MAC address that isn't provisioned. To get around this, go to the router's interface page (usually http://192.168.1.1/ unless you've changed the IP), and click on the advanced tab, then click on the MAC address clone tab. In the given fields, type your NIC card's MAC address (by going to ipconfig /all). Then, you will be able to pull an IP from your cable company.

Let us know how it goes.

[Andrzej]

not blocked?
so why wthout router I can easy do "DSLreports Tweak Tester II"
and with router I always & only see on:
http://www.dslreports.com/tweaks (Tweak Tester II)
as folow
* Downloading file of size 146000: complete.
* Analyzing now
* Test server maybe offline
* Try again a little later
End.
not result"in the same time"

[rpeAMP]

Ok, I'm obviously confused. Are you saying that you CANNOT connect at all with your router? If so, see my above post. If not, what exactly is the problem?

[Andrzej]

My problems are diferent:
1. I can conect via router - exelent
2. but Tweak Tester II can not measure my TCP/IP - with router
as above I explain that receive message:
* Downloading file of size 146000: complete.
* Analyzing now
* Test server maybe offline
* Try again a little later
with out router I have not problems with
http://www.dslreports.com/tweaks (Tweak Tester II)
3. BTW i can not change MTU in my router - is it important?
actualy I have receive measured MTU=1362 but mu ISP has 1492 :(
|tpnet.pl service: NeostradaPlus (asdl, PPPoE, dynamicIP 512/128)| (http://www.dslreports.com/archive/tpnet.pl)
router |Asmax BR804v| (http://asmax.pl/prod.php?nid=52)
and http://www.veracomp.pl/produkt.php?id_produktu=834&id_dzialu=1
:( be "extremaly careful" with both above links: unfortunately in polish

but you can see on |AsantéTechnologies| (http://www.asante.com/)
see "similar" american one as FriendlyNET VR2004C
|VR200AC Router+4pointSwich+ Wirless+VPN -inONE| (http://www.asantestore.com/frienvr2004a.html) :2cool:

[monty]

2. but Tweak Tester II can not measure my TCP/IP - with router

Disable "Block WAN Request" before doing the test. Some of those tests require the server end to be able to ping your IP.

[Stu]

Originally posted by C.M. Weaver

Comcast cannot detect that you are running a router unless they physically see it sitting on your desk.


Sure they can, all they have to do is sniff the subnet you are on or read their DNS error logs. Most folks (at least on my subnet) seem to just plug the router in straight out of the box and use it, not configuring their machines at all. So, when they connect to another machine on their LAN they do a DNS lookup for 192.168.x.x to their ISP's name server first, after that fails they broadcast an ARP to their LAN.

Of course, if they had read the manual--in its entirety, not just the sections they "think" are relevant--and followed the directions to the letter, then that typically wouldn't be an issue.