Re: Who is my router talking to?

On 6/19/07, Dave Hall <dave-slg@dnh.sk.ca> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2007 at 02:00:05PM -0700, Steven Kurylo wrote:
> > This is the magic answer. The shaw modems, when they can't sync to
> > the head end, run their own DHCP server on 192.168.100.1.
>
> Do you know which ones do this? I don't recall the old white Motorola
> modems doing this back when I was still on DHCP. My modem also has a
> console port so perhaps that 192.168.100 address is there in lieu of a
> console port.

I only definitely know of the new Motorola's like the SB5101. I've
never noticed it on the earlier Motorola's, like the big white ones.

>So it seems, though I'm still not clear on why this is "feature". An
http request to > that IP instantly yields a response with a blank
page.

From the cable side they can log in and control the modem. Like
checking signal levels, reading the MAC address, etc.
Received on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:43:01 -0700