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R7800 ShieldsUP fails Stealth mode/Replies Ping
Hi all, I performed the ShieldsUP! test on all ports and all ports come green (Stealth), however it fails the test because of the following: "Ping Reply: RECEIVED (FAILED) — Your system REPLIED ...
> [...] the ISP has placed another router between mine and the internet.
> [...]_Someone_ has. It could be your ISP; it could be your building
management. I would expect an address like "192.168.0.x" to come from
some (small-scale) local router, not from an ISP.> [...] First time I see this.
It may not be the last. Especially if you don't deal directly with
an ISP. (Or if your ISP uses CGN.)
> [...] my Nighthawk was set in AP Mode. [...]You could go back to that kid of arrangement, but there are
disadvantages that way, too. For example, your devices would then be on
the same LAN subnet as those of any other user who also uses that same
invisible router which is somewhere beyond your wall, Potentially,
everyone in the building.
Yes, the Router's WAN IP address does not coincide with the actual public IP, so then the ISP has placed another router between mine and the internet. First time I see this.
> [...] the ISP has placed another router between mine and the internet.
> [...]
_Someone_ has. It could be your ISP; it could be your building
management. I would expect an address like "192.168.0.x" to come from
some (small-scale) local router, not from an ISP.
> [...] First time I see this.
It may not be the last. Especially if you don't deal directly with
an ISP. (Or if your ISP uses CGN.)
> [...] my Nighthawk was set in AP Mode. [...]
You could go back to that kid of arrangement, but there are
disadvantages that way, too. For example, your devices would then be on
the same LAN subnet as those of any other user who also uses that same
invisible router which is somewhere beyond your wall, Potentially,
everyone in the building.
So just to understand the issue originally posted, the ping replied being reported in the ShieldsUP! test is done so by the "invisible" router, not my Nighthawk, right?
> [...] the ping replied being reported in the ShieldsUP! test is done
> so by the "invisible" router, not my Nighthawk, right?I assume so. If it's testing your public address, then it's talking
to the router which has that (WAN/Internet) address, not to your router
(which has a private (WAN/Internet) address ("192.168.0.115"), making it
inaccessible directly).