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Megacable: a bit of a warning (somewhat technical)
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RE: Megacable: a bit of a warning (somewhat technical)
You are referring to the router's inner-facing IP address when you mention ipconfig. That's a different story. Of course all routers are accessible by their IP addresses (plural), their inner-facing one and their outer-facing one. And yes, the manufacturer's default passwords are easily known.
However, it a massive security glitch to have the router's admin program available to the outer-facing interface, i.e. the internet. I tend to agree that they probably couldn't access my PC, but still I wonder why someone from the Ukraine wants to enter into my router's admin program. This particular router has a mirror feature, where all traffic can be duplicated and sent to another destination. If an attacker were to enable that, they'd be able to catch a lot of what you were doing. Not good. So, I'm just saying that if you get service from Megacable, it would be a good idea to disable the ability to access the admin program from the internet side. And yes, I did do a factory reset as you suggested - and then re-applied my custom settings - because I didn't know what might have been changed. |
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Megacable: a bit of a warning (somewhat technical) - by Victor David - 09-17-2015, 01:02 AM
RE: Megacable: a bit of a warning (somewhat technical) - by grumbalina - 09-17-2015, 06:18 AM
RE: Megacable: a bit of a warning (somewhat technical) - by Victor David - 09-17-2015, 07:58 PM
RE: Megacable: a bit of a warning (somewhat technical) - by grumbalina - 09-17-2015, 10:34 PM
RE: Megacable: a bit of a warning (somewhat technical) - by Victor David - 09-18-2015, 01:26 AM
RE: Megacable: a bit of a warning (somewhat technical) - by grumbalina - 09-18-2015, 07:17 AM
RE: Megacable: a bit of a warning (somewhat technical) - by DonaldW - 09-18-2015, 08:31 AM
RE: Megacable: a bit of a warning (somewhat technical) - by Victor David - 09-18-2015, 10:53 AM
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