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[James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>]

On Fri, 16 Sep 2005, sindi keesan wrote:

> > > Ping 192.168.1.46 works, as does pinging my own computer.
> >
> > You're pinging yourself.
> I could also ping 192.168.1.1 - what was I pinging then?

Probably the router.

> > That's probably the router's admin panel. Usually you can admin these
> > firewall/routers via a web interface. They run a little webserver you
> > have to log into using your web browser to do admin stuff.
> It was the name of the DSL provider and something about a profile and
> password.  I don't want to fiddle with someone's DSL connection.

Like I said, it's probably the administration login page for this person's 
router. You couldn't do anything there anyway unless that person gave you 
the username and password.

James