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4 edits | reply to Darknessfall
So what was I connected to then lol? Windows reported it was "Network 2." Wasn't fully the Netgear Genie :P. It had the address of "71.------"
"Category: Firewall - Network and Connections
Date & Time,Risk,Activity,Status,Recommended Action,Category
11/28/2012 5:00:42 PM,Info,"Protecting your connection to a newly detected network on adapter \"Intel(R) 82579V Gigabit Network Connection\" (IP address: 71.--).",Detected,No Action Required,Firewall - Network and Connections
Protecting your connection to a newly detected network on adapter "Intel(R) 82579V Gigabit Network Connection" (IP address: 71.). "
Then it shows:
11/28/2012 5:00:48 PM,Info,Connected to a protected network. (71.---),Protected,No Action Required,71.---
Your computer is currently protected from the local network. To allow all the computers on this network to communicate with your computer, in the Actions panel, click Trust. To block all the computers on this network from communicating with your computer, in the Actions panel, click Restrict. This will not interfere with your other online communications.
Then:
Category: Firewall - Network and Connections
Date & Time,Risk,Activity,Status,Recommended Action,Gateway Physical Address
11/28/2012 5:01:17 PM,Info,Connected to a shared network. (------),Shared,No Action Required,-----
File sharing is currently enabled on the local network. To block all the computers on this network from communicating with your computer, in the Actions panel, click Restrict. This will not interfere with your other online communications.
^--- Mac address not relating to my modem.
11/28/2012 4:45:54 PM,Info,Connected to a protected network. (-),Protected,No Action Required,------
Your computer is currently protected from the local network. To allow all the computers on this network to communicate with your computer, in the Actions panel, click Trust. To block all the computers on this network from communicating with your computer, in the Actions panel, click Restrict. This will not interfere with your other online communications.
^ Another random MAC address not relating to me.
Thennnn:
11/28/2012 4:45:51 PM,Info,"IP address has disappeared from adapter Intel(R) 82579V Gigabit Network Connection and is no longer being protected (IP address: 169.).",Detected,No Action Required,Firewall - Network and Connections
IP address has disappeared from adapter Intel(R) 82579V Gigabit Network Connection and is no longer being protected (IP address: 169.).
Thennnnnnnnnnnn:
11/28/2012 4:45:34 PM,Info,"IP address has disappeared from adapter Intel(R) 82579V Gigabit Network Connection and is no longer being protected (IP address: 192.).",Detected,No Action Required,Firewall - Network and Connections
IP address has disappeared from adapter Intel(R) 82579V Gigabit Network Connection and is no longer being protected (IP address: 192.).
and much much more that I'm too lazy to list lol.
Just to be clear my IP address are none of these, my modem's settings page is 10.0.01, and my mac addresses weren't any of the ones coming up either. |
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| Based on the information in your IM (that your SMC gateway had accidentally been put into bridge mode), it would appear that the Netgear Genie was initially trying to map everything that it could see on Comcast's network into your network.
Just for grins, I downloaded and installed the Netgear Genie application and loaded it onto my Windows server (because it has both a bridged connection to Comcast and a separate LAN connection, I thought it might provide an interesting display). However, all it could see on my WAN connection was this:
And on my LAN connection, I only saw this:
And this was after I gave the application a firewall and a ThreatFire exemption.
My actual network looks like this:
Once again, never trust any vendor's Wizard or Genie.
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. Well, if I wasn't connected to a modem I was connected to something called "Network 2" lol.
