Are ICMP packets important?

[Janina Sajka]

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:
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> > 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?
> > 
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Janina Sajka
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