said by brown1481:said by Zero3K:I am able to access other's cable modem pages (such as one on 10.0.1.1). Why is that and is there any way to prevent it?
That is a private IP address and isn't routable. If you are able to log in that means it is a device on your local network. Similar to the 192.168.x.x addresses.
You are correct that it is a private IP, but I just put that IP in my browser and got someone else's cable modem, its not mine as I run a 192.168.x.x network. I get the following when I run a tracert on that address.
tracert 10.0.1.1
Tracing route to 10.0.1.1 over a maximum of 30 hops
1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms unknown [192.168.1.1]
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 12 ms 12 ms 13 ms 74-128-45-65.dhcp.insightbb.com [74.128.45.65]
4 10 ms 11 ms 13 ms 74.128.9.225
5 20 ms 15 ms 15 ms 74.128.8.158
6 27 ms 31 ms 23 ms network-065-029-001-033.midwest.rr.com [65.29.1.33]
7 26 ms 25 ms 23 ms tge2-4.clvhoh1-rtr1.neo.rr.com [24.164.117.129]
8 25 ms 27 ms 27 ms tge2-4.lyndoh1-rtr1.neo.rr.com [24.164.115.168]
9 28 ms 25 ms 25 ms tge1-3.mntroh1-swt402.neo.rr.com [24.164.115.166]
10 27 ms 25 ms 28 ms tge1-50.mntroh1-swt401.neo.rr.com [24.164.118.66]
11 33 ms 37 ms 57 ms gig18-0.mntroh1-ar41.neo.rr.com [24.164.118.2]
12 34 ms 49 ms 40 ms 10.0.1.1
Trace complete.