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Invisible Router
Name: John Frenzel Date: August 15, 2002 at 19:55:24 Pacific
Comment:
I am going to be installing a router in my house at school, but the ISP there only allows one computer per connection.
I thought by using a router, I could get around this, but I do not want them to know I have a router.
I have looked over the ICMP Router Discovery Protocol and it seems like they could find out I have a router that way. Is there any way to make my router invisible to my ISP?
John, ICMP is really ping. It will not show that you have a router, only that there is a device with a specific ip there. The router does not allow your isp to "see" what is beyond it(unless you want it to).Most home networks are using this router/hub to do just what you are trying to do.
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