Trojan trying to connect to my computer from my computer?

[cheyenne1212]

Use network cable cdkj its a lot better.

Yeah, if I want a new IP all I have to do is have my router disconnect from my modem then reconnect.

Bamm* instant new IP

[cdkj]

Ok thanks

[FrameWork]

Changing your NIC won't always force an IP change. Certain cable ISPs do assign your IP address based on the MAC address of your NIC, however not all do this. Hell with some ISPs you can't even change your NIC unless you call them and ask them to update their listing for you.

HT's right, i just happend to have an extra (and rather old) corkscrew NIC card laying around. I slapped it in, and no ip change was made. Just when i started to get excited.

[gunit0072003]

HTRegz

You might be right

I should of stated that with my experiences with Roadrunner in NY city and
Optimum Online/cablevision. That was the case..

Cheers

[Dominaterx]

Yeah, if I want a new IP all I have to do is have my router disconnect from my modem then reconnect.

I suggest u do that..
So ur ip address is in that attachment u attached ?.You prob thought it was safe to post ur ip seeing as ur behind a router i dunno i dont really know what a router is,but if someone on these forums hate u they may decide to mail a false claim to ur isp saying that one of there users at ip 192.168.x.x is spamming/hacking them ect.So im just trying to warn u that u might wanna black out ur ip on that attachment and renew ur ip like u said above:
So:
a) Nobody can hack u
and
b) nobody can mail faulse claims to ur isp and get them to ban ur account .

Just a heads up..

[cheyenne1212]

lol dominaterx

that IP 192.168.1.100 is a privat IP and not my real IP on the internet.

Nobody can do anything with that IP.

What I mean, is my router connects to my DSL Modem. So my router has the IP assigned by my ISP. Then my router assigns my computers on my network a Private IP which is the 192.168.1.100. This allows my computers to surf the net without being exposed.

Maybe this pic will better explain it to you.

[Dominaterx]

Ok,can you point me to a few tutorials on hardware firewalls and routers and how they work and where u got urs from ?

[FrameWork]

Ok,can you point me to a few tutorials on hardware firewalls and routers and how they work and where u got urs from ?

Not sure if your being facetious, but here is a great site: www.firewall.cx One of my personal favorites.

[cheyenne1212]

heres some links for you

http://www.comedition.com/Computers/...ns/routers.htm

http://www.hardwarecentral.com/hardw...torials/158/4/

I picked up my router from Best Buy.

You can find routers at any computer/electronics store. They range anywhere from $40 to thousands of dollars. Of course the home versions being the $40 ones.

[Dominaterx]

Thanks FrameWork and cheyenne1212 for those sites,very informationative .
About 2 years ago i got involved with some really nasty web defacers and i was just talking to one of them and for no reason he bypassed my zone alarm firewall and infected me with a boot virus.Just after that i did a bit of research on zone alarm personal firewall ( http://www.zonelabs.com) and relised it was a pretty crap firewall and switched to Outpost ( http://www.agnitum.com).Then i found out about hardware firewalls and unix & linux and how they are alot more secure than windows and software firewalls then i read somewhere else on the internet that software firewalls and windows (if configured correctly) are just as secure as hardware firewalls and any other OS.Could someone clear this up for me please ?.