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justin1022
03-07-2009, 09:21 PM
hey i need to do some work on my filtering system on my router but i cant find the router's address i no its usally the default gateway but it isnt in this case when i put that in it just takes me to my internet companys page. my router is a MOTOROLA SADB-1129. i was wondering if anyone could help me out?
quad2xtreme
03-07-2009, 10:10 PM
what is the address on your PC? this will most likely give you a clue.
justin1022
03-07-2009, 10:22 PM
my gate way adress or my ip?

my gateway is:74.214.132.1

my ip is: 74.214.132.153
quad2xtreme
03-07-2009, 10:35 PM
who is your provider? sorry but I am too lazy to look it up.

It sounds like you are directly plugged into the cable modem and you don't have your own wireless router. Is this the case?

Have you ever been able to get into the cable modem in the past?
justin1022
03-08-2009, 01:00 AM
my provider is mscnet im in Canada. i am directly pluged in with a Ethernet cable and a DNS. and i haven't ever tryed getting into the modem before.
quad2xtreme
03-08-2009, 08:59 AM
You won't be able to unless your ISP is very relaxed about their security policies on the cable modem.

If you want to put in additional security controls of your own, you will need to buy a router. Your router will assume that public address on the WAN port and you will most likely get a 192.168.1.1 as your router IP address. You will be able to control all the settings from entering 192.168.1.1 in your browser.
justin1022
03-08-2009, 11:03 AM
so pretty much i have to buy a new router?
quad2xtreme
03-08-2009, 11:09 AM
yep. Right now, you have nothing but a cable/dsl modem that is managed by your ISP.

You can get a straight router for next to nothing. A wireless router will run you a bit more...maybe $60 or so.
justin1022
03-08-2009, 01:14 PM
k and the router your talking about i can mess with the filtering system?
quad2xtreme
03-08-2009, 08:28 PM
Originally posted by justin1022
k and the router your talking about i can mess with the filtering system?

yep. You can totally block anyone from the outside from initiating a connection to your network or to particular PCs on your network. You can allow some ports while closing others. You can usually have 1 machine sit on on a DMZ segment if this makes any sense. If you are going to setup a website, you will often put your web server in the DMZ. You let people connect to the web server. Then, you only allow the web server to connect to a database server sitting on your internal network.