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Hiding my router from Network
Name: Nate Date: August 26, 2003 at 19:47:35 Pacific OS: Win XP Pro CPU/Ram: 800mhz 256ram
Comment:
Hello, I want to hide my router from the rest of the network. I want the network to think I have simply one computer plugged in while in fact the router is plugged in (and 3 computers plugged into the router).
Name: FredF Date: August 26, 2003 at 20:15:26 Pacific
Reply:
That's exactly what a router does - one valid Internet address outside and many private, hidden addresses inside. Many routers also have an option that will let you clone the hardware address of a PC to your router so the router will look more like a PC from the Internet.
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Response Number 2
Name: Nate Date: August 26, 2003 at 20:25:28 Pacific
Reply:
Well, the truth is my university network denies me net access somehow because it automatically recognizes I have a router plugged in. I want it to think there's no router. All I want to do is have my laptop and desktop on the same network.
Thanks!
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Response Number 3
Name: Xena Date: August 26, 2003 at 21:08:04 Pacific
Reply:
You need to enable "clone IP address" seek your router manual.
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Response Number 4
Name: Xena Date: August 26, 2003 at 21:09:01 Pacific
Reply:
Sorry, that is "clone MAC address".
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Response Number 5
Name: Xena Date: August 26, 2003 at 21:11:18 Pacific
Reply:
This post should be of great significance and help:
Name: FredF Date: August 26, 2003 at 21:22:13 Pacific
Reply:
Xena - is that link correct? Could not get anywhere with it.
Nate - how about using ICS? All the traffic would come from one of your PCs.
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Response Number 7
Name: anonproxy Date: August 27, 2003 at 15:55:00 Pacific
Reply:
Actually, I never tried this:
Try plugging what you would consider your WAN connection (the LAN) into one of the router's switch ports. Just ignore the WAN port.
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Response Number 8
Name: Analyst Date: August 28, 2003 at 16:39:22 Pacific
Reply:
Yes. They cannot tell actually if it is specifically a router. If they ping it and get response timed out because the router is dropping ICMP requests, which Internet routers do, you can always say you have a firewall like Zone Alarm running on your computer, which will also block ICMP requests. Or, if you have Windows XP, it has a built in firewall that does the same thing. It all in how you articulate it, because it's part bluff on their part.
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