Can you nmap your own router or computer from your computer? Sean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 2:45 PM Subject: Re: Are ICMP packets important? > I don't doubt what you say is correct, Alex. But, it's a strange default > address. More customary would be 192.168.1.254. > > > By the way, nmap can help you discover the correct address and which > protocols are supported, though it can take some time to grind. > > > From: Alex Snow <alex_snow at gmx.net> > > > > then there may be a setting in your modem to disable the blocking of > > icmp packets. check out this ip: 192.168.100.1. This is the remote > > admin ip on some popular cablemodems most notably the surfboard. > > On mine this allows administration using http, telnet, rlogin, and > > snmp. > > On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 03:55:41PM -0500, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > Hi Alex, > > > > > > Looks like that's what it is. That address is the first stop > > > between me and the rest of the world, and it is where my ability > > > to ping stops. My ISP evidently blocks me from initiating pings > > > but not from responding to them. > > > > > > Chuck > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 12 Feb 2004, Alex Snow wrote: > > > > > > > it looks like some kind of gateway. is it the address of your cable > > > > modem? > > > > > > - -- > > > The Moon is Waning Gibbous (58% of Full) > > > In a world without Fences or Walls no one needs Windows or Gates. > > > My home page is now at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > > iQCVAwUBQCvoWzVdG8M9x9tGAQKTSQP+IJwZI3bP1P3krMCQsUKXTKaO7Z/tF7d+ > > > Q1EFdnZmH/zdaMhvYktE8EJ7J2tEsW/bS7HBsPND5mkhJVBiHoksPUY28SpLXjQb > > > Jhg70IhJfBazRGOlZeC77JqAT/IFFf8ECPM+w3ySbxpp/umtd3em3iGzBSpYaI1m > > > eJrJUCqWL7g= > > > =5VDf > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid > > back. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > Janina Sajka > Email: janina at rednote.net > Phone: +1 (202) 408-8175 > > Director, Technology Research and Development > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > http://www.afb.org > > Chair, Accessibility Work Group > Free Standards Group > http://a11y.org > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup