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Re: Strange Network Problem

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On 2018-08-31 20:50, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
> I am running Debian Stretch on my Linux platform.
> 
> I have noticed low internet traffic when I have not been doing
> anything outside of my LAN.  This has made me a tad suspicious.
> 
> Now:
> 
> root@AbNormal:/home/comp# ifconfig
> enp2s0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
>         inet 162.237.98.238  netmask 255.255.252.0  broadcast 
> 162.237.99.255
>         ether bc:ee:7b:5e:83:36  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
>         RX packets 796401  bytes 529829454 (505.2 MiB)
>         RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
>         TX packets 236054  bytes 22520861 (21.4 MiB)
>         TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
> 
> lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
>         inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
>         loop  txqueuelen 1  (Local Loopback)
>         RX packets 399  bytes 42360 (41.3 KiB)
>         RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
>         TX packets 399  bytes 42360 (41.3 KiB)
>         TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
> 
> 
> It turns out that this ISP, 162.237.98.238 is my ISP, AT&T here in
> Columbus, Ohio.
> 
> The other four nodes on my LAn all have IP's starting with 192.168.1 -
> which is what it's supposed to be.
> 
> Just what is going on here? I don't have a clue.
> 
> I dop have firewalls implemented on both the modem and the computers.
> 
> Any insights will be much appreciated.
> 
> Thanks in advance.

well ifconfig should report the internal private address of its NIC but 
seems to be showing the external address range of the router. Could this 
be anything to do with the router being in bridge mode which is 
something I'm not entirely clear about.

mick


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Strange Network Problem "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-08-31 22:00 +0200
  Re: Strange Network Problem Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-08-31 23:40 +0200
  Re: Strange Network Problem David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-09-01 04:50 +0200
    Re: Strange Network Problem "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-09-01 13:10 +0200
      Re: Strange Network Problem rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-09-01 14:30 +0200
        Re: Strange Network Problem "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-09-01 18:10 +0200
          Re: Strange Network Problem rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-09-01 20:00 +0200
      Re: Strange Network Problem David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-09-02 07:40 +0200
        Re: Strange Network Problem "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-09-02 14:20 +0200
          Re: Strange Network Problem mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2018-09-02 14:50 +0200
            Re: Strange Network Problem David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-09-02 20:40 +0200
              Re: Strange Network Problem mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2018-09-03 00:30 +0200
                Re: Strange Network Problem David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-09-03 05:20 +0200
  Re: Strange Network Problem mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2018-09-01 10:10 +0200

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