"Mike Easter" <Mi...@ster.invalid> wrote in message
news:op.v377fz08tf8qa1@elite...
> Rocky wrote:
>> "Mike Easter"
>
>>> What brand/modelno router is this?
>>
>> It is a Netgear Wireless-N Gigabit Router model WNR3500 with the latest
>> software update whatever it is. I have it set to 192.168.1.8 but that
>> router/Slingbox never caused me any problems before.
>
> Your netgear's setup doc and its manual seem to prioritize the wireless
> security; but I always prioritize the router's security which is not
> discussed in the setup docs, but fortunately is discussed in the user
> manual in section 3.1 - after section 2 which is about wireless security
> config.
Good idea but the way I access that Slingbox via wireless is to use a
Linksys WAP54G as a Wireless Repeater for a Linksys WRT54G. That way I
don't have to run a real long network cable to access that Slingbox.
> The first thing I always do with my router is change the password from the
> default.
I changed the password on the Netgear to "damnslingbox "and the Slingbox
still screwed me up but I do not have the log for that part of the test to
see if the log contains: "[Admin login] from source 192.168.1.244."
And, I'm wondering if that Slingbox has a way to circumvent the password.
If it does that gives me one more reason I want to hook up a Network
Analyzer.
> Your router allows you to configure it to only allow it to communicate
> with the IP addresses you want for the services you want.
I found that part and added:
-----
Services Blocking
Always
Service Table
# Service TypePortIP
1HTTP80192.168.1.244
-----
and shortly after I blocked the HTTP port I let the Slingbox talk to the
router it loves to lock me out of and it locked me out again. So I
disconnected the two of them, waited for the Netgear router to time out
again and found out that 192.168.1.244 was logged as Admin again.
FYI I pulled the network cable out of the Slingbox and then enabled the
wireless on my Linksys WRT54G (Router) because that talks to the WAP54G
(Access Point) that the Slingbox is normally plugged into. Always before
when I did that I'd end up with the IP address of my Slingbox logging into
my Netgear Router as Admin except this time, when the network cable was
pulled out of the Slingbox so now the question is why does that Slingbox
want to keep logging in as Admin?
I'll certainly be ready for more detective work before I let that damn
Slingbox access the Internet again.
Rocky