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<blockquote data-quote="PGB1" data-source="post: 1777953" data-attributes="member: 76746"><p>An Update...</p><p>For some reason I decided to try calling the ISP again. This time I was able to work my way up to someone who inspired confidence. </p><p>She examined the system and connected devices and agrees with you guys that someone is connected to our router. She also said it is a Belkin or Lynksys device. </p><p>The person explained that some routers have separate router & modem components & use two ip addresses to talk to each other. This router does not have separate router and modem inside, so it will have only one ip address. </p><p></p><p>She checked our firewall settings and said they are working & set up properly. </p><p></p><p>Her advice was to change the password & reboot. But she gave me a different method to reboot than I used. She told me to push the 'reset' button as opposed to unplugging it & takin gout the battery. He conclusion was that the mystery address would be gone until the squatter figured out the new password.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, the mystery address was immediately back on the list. I tried this routine 3 times with the same results.</p><p>Trying it with the router blocking the broadcasting the SSID name still resulted in the mystery address appearing. (I was told by the guy from the cable company who set up our system never to block SSID broadcasting because it invites attacks, so we normally don't have it blocked.)</p><p></p><p>I also thought of putting a router ahead of our existing router as kind of a lock-beofre-the-lock, but the ISP person said it won't work on their system to put anything ahead of their router, but after is sometimes OK. </p><p></p><p>My Next Idea...</p><p>I was wondering if I could block a certain ip or MAC address in the router. I found a page that is titled "Client IPv4 Configuration" and it says "The Router can be configured to restrict access to the Internet, e-mail or other network services." (Screen shot is attached)</p><p>I couldn't find a page to block by MAC address.</p><p></p><p>If I understand what the page says, adding an ip address means that the mystery device can not use the router for internet. But, can it still use the router to try to look into our devices? (OS X & iOS firewalls are set up on our items.)</p><p>Do you guys think it would help if I inserted the mystery ip address into that page?</p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p><p>Paul</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]27458[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PGB1, post: 1777953, member: 76746"] An Update... For some reason I decided to try calling the ISP again. This time I was able to work my way up to someone who inspired confidence. She examined the system and connected devices and agrees with you guys that someone is connected to our router. She also said it is a Belkin or Lynksys device. The person explained that some routers have separate router & modem components & use two ip addresses to talk to each other. This router does not have separate router and modem inside, so it will have only one ip address. She checked our firewall settings and said they are working & set up properly. Her advice was to change the password & reboot. But she gave me a different method to reboot than I used. She told me to push the 'reset' button as opposed to unplugging it & takin gout the battery. He conclusion was that the mystery address would be gone until the squatter figured out the new password. Unfortunately, the mystery address was immediately back on the list. I tried this routine 3 times with the same results. Trying it with the router blocking the broadcasting the SSID name still resulted in the mystery address appearing. (I was told by the guy from the cable company who set up our system never to block SSID broadcasting because it invites attacks, so we normally don't have it blocked.) I also thought of putting a router ahead of our existing router as kind of a lock-beofre-the-lock, but the ISP person said it won't work on their system to put anything ahead of their router, but after is sometimes OK. My Next Idea... I was wondering if I could block a certain ip or MAC address in the router. I found a page that is titled "Client IPv4 Configuration" and it says "The Router can be configured to restrict access to the Internet, e-mail or other network services." (Screen shot is attached) I couldn't find a page to block by MAC address. If I understand what the page says, adding an ip address means that the mystery device can not use the router for internet. But, can it still use the router to try to look into our devices? (OS X & iOS firewalls are set up on our items.) Do you guys think it would help if I inserted the mystery ip address into that page? Thanks! Paul [ATTACH=full]27458[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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