[TriLUG] Linksys advice

[William Sutton]

Is this purely a WAP or is a WAP/NAT router?  My understanding is that the 
later Linksys NAT routers try to query dynamic dns sites periodically to 
see if they have a domain they should be attached to (dyndns.org has some 
info on this; basically a bunch of Linksys routers caused them a DDoS by 
querying the wrong (hard coded) dns server).

William

On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 sholton at mindspring.com wrote:

> I'm hoping someone knows a backdoor short of re-chipping the box....
> 
> I've installed a Linksys WAP onto my home network to supplement an
> Apple AirPort Base Station with a faulty wireless card. The AirPort
> still manages the dial-up connection to the Internet, but the Linksys 
> now handles the wireless to LAN connections.
> 
> This setup works fine as far as allowing every computer to get
> to where they want to go.
> 
> But the Linksys has a nasty habit of treating the Internet as being
> always available, always up, and no cost. That's a reasonable 
> assumption if it's connected to a cable modem, but doesn't work
> when the Internet link is dialup.  The Linksys keeps asking the AirPort
> for an Internet connection for some purpose, which causes
> the phone line to be tied up for <AirPort_TIMEOUT> minutes.
> 
> Does anyone know what/who the Linksys is contacting behind my
> back?Or better yet, how to tell it to stop?
> 
> I'm hoping for a simple fix which doesn't involve sniffing the 
> connection from Ethereal, re-chipping the Linksys, or building 
> my own box to ahandle the dial-up.
> 
> Then again, I'm open to suggestions.....
> 
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