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<blockquote data-quote="PGB1" data-source="post: 1780192" data-attributes="member: 76746"><p>Thanks Again All.</p><p>I did try all the items you mentioned, Ember 1205 & the ones Lisa & others mentioned earlier. I re-tried many today.</p><p></p><p>I tried the Terminal ping for the address. After the arp -an | grep 252, I got:</p><p>? (192.168.0.252) at 0:0:ca:1:2:3 on en1 ifscope [ethernet]</p><p>I apologize, but I don't understand what it is telling me.</p><p></p><p>After the arp -an | grep '\.1' command, the address for .1 was</p><p> ? (192.168.0.1) at 5c:8f:e0:e7:61:c3 on en1 ifscope [ethernet] and 252 was </p><p>? (192.168.0.252) at 0:0:ca:1:2:3 on en1 ifscope [ethernet]</p><p>So they don't match. I looked for any that match or even begin with 0:0 and found none. </p><p></p><p>Next I tried it with the phone in use, in case that would show the address using the phone part of the modem. I got the same results.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Quote: <em>Given your LAN and its subnet mask (which I presume is the standard 255.255.255.0, please confirm), </em></p><p><em></em> Yes, that's what I found in the settings.</p><p></p><p>I ran all the tests in Shields Up and, to be honest, didn't understand much of what was reported. It did report ports are in "Stealth" and not responding to their requests. I will try to learn more about what it is reporting later tonight.</p><p></p><p>It makes the most sense to me (the uneducated one) that you are all spot-on about the mystery address being internal to the router & possibly part of the phone.</p><p>After re-reading all that you each wrote & trying many items again, I understand why the conclusion is that the Alien (great description!) is internal to the router and is there on purpose. In post #33, I mentioned about the ISP upper level tech replying to my question if Alien had to do with the telephone with the word "probably". So that tells me, like Slydude mentioned, they either aren't saying what the address is for or don't know themselves. </p><p></p><p>Turning off all WiFi and having the address still present makes it more convincing that the Alien is internal to the router & hard wired. (I'm guessing the router sees the phone as a separate, physical device and that is Alien??) I tried turning off the address inside the router to see if the phone stopped working, but it comes right back on, so that test was void.</p><p></p><p>Since telnet Port 23 is open & I can't close it, along with the Alien IP address and the fact that I am so limited with what I can configure inside this router (security related), I'm more dedicated to buying my own equipment. I just am not comfortable with mystery items, open tel net port and no positive assurance that our system is as safe as it could be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PGB1, post: 1780192, member: 76746"] Thanks Again All. I did try all the items you mentioned, Ember 1205 & the ones Lisa & others mentioned earlier. I re-tried many today. I tried the Terminal ping for the address. After the arp -an | grep 252, I got: ? (192.168.0.252) at 0:0:ca:1:2:3 on en1 ifscope [ethernet] I apologize, but I don't understand what it is telling me. After the arp -an | grep '\.1' command, the address for .1 was ? (192.168.0.1) at 5c:8f:e0:e7:61:c3 on en1 ifscope [ethernet] and 252 was ? (192.168.0.252) at 0:0:ca:1:2:3 on en1 ifscope [ethernet] So they don't match. I looked for any that match or even begin with 0:0 and found none. Next I tried it with the phone in use, in case that would show the address using the phone part of the modem. I got the same results. Quote: [I]Given your LAN and its subnet mask (which I presume is the standard 255.255.255.0, please confirm), [/I] Yes, that's what I found in the settings. I ran all the tests in Shields Up and, to be honest, didn't understand much of what was reported. It did report ports are in "Stealth" and not responding to their requests. I will try to learn more about what it is reporting later tonight. It makes the most sense to me (the uneducated one) that you are all spot-on about the mystery address being internal to the router & possibly part of the phone. After re-reading all that you each wrote & trying many items again, I understand why the conclusion is that the Alien (great description!) is internal to the router and is there on purpose. In post #33, I mentioned about the ISP upper level tech replying to my question if Alien had to do with the telephone with the word "probably". So that tells me, like Slydude mentioned, they either aren't saying what the address is for or don't know themselves. Turning off all WiFi and having the address still present makes it more convincing that the Alien is internal to the router & hard wired. (I'm guessing the router sees the phone as a separate, physical device and that is Alien??) I tried turning off the address inside the router to see if the phone stopped working, but it comes right back on, so that test was void. Since telnet Port 23 is open & I can't close it, along with the Alien IP address and the fact that I am so limited with what I can configure inside this router (security related), I'm more dedicated to buying my own equipment. I just am not comfortable with mystery items, open tel net port and no positive assurance that our system is as safe as it could be. [/QUOTE]
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