[olug] Qwest and IP assignment

Will Langford unfies at gmail.com
Thu Nov 13 04:27:18 UTC 2008


On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 10:22 PM, Eric P <eric.maillist at gmail.com> wrote:

> I found out the actual external IP going to ShieldsUP! (
> https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2)
>
> So should I try to log onto the router/modem by going to something sorta
> like http://192.168.1.1?  (...and who knows
> what the login credentials could be.)
>

After running i[pf]config on his system, your would probably need to log in
to http://gateway.address/  from his box.

I've seen a lot of dsl modems use their serial number as default password...
with 'admin' as the user.



> And then port forward the SSH port to the internal 10.* address?
>

Undoubtedly :).  To avoid standard brute/scans, I'd suggest moving ssh away
from port 22 after things are worky.

-Will



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