jassa 0 Posted November 28 Posted November 28 my wifi is off but my LAN seems odd with network cuts and when i chekced my eset internet secuity i found this: ??????????????? Quote
Administrators Marcos 5,468 Posted November 28 Administrators Posted November 28 You've mentioned that you experience network disruptions. Do you mean that with the ESET firewall paused you don't experience any network issues? Quote
itman 1,807 Posted November 28 Posted November 28 (edited) When Windows can't establish an external network connection, it will default to assigning network addresses in the APIPA address range which is only routable on the local network; Quote An APIPA address is a series of numbers that a device automatically assigns itself when it can't communicate with a DHCP server. APIPA stands for Automatic Private IP Addressing, and it's a feature in some operating systems, like Windows, that allows devices to communicate with each other on a local network. APIPA addresses are typically in the 169.254.x.x range, and the subnet mask is usually 255.255.0.0. APIPA addresses are designed to not conflict with routable addresses. Eset networking by default assigns the Public profile to the active network connection. Eset will block inbound connections using IP addreses in the APIPA range since those addresses are not allocated to IP addresses allowed for a Public profile network connection. As such, no; you are not hacked. Edited November 28 by itman Quote
jassa 0 Posted November 29 Author Posted November 29 19 hours ago, Marcos said: You've mentioned that you experience network disruptions. Do you mean that with the ESET firewall paused you don't experience any network issues? i didn't pause the firewall. i'm afraid it will make my pc vulnerable Quote
jassa 0 Posted November 29 Author Posted November 29 (edited) 18 hours ago, itman said: When Windows can't establish an external network connection, it will default to assigning network addresses in the APIPA address range which is only routable on the local network; Eset networking by default assigns the Public profile to the active network connection. Eset will block inbound connections using IP addreses in the APIPA range since those addresses are not allocated to IP addresses allowed for a Public profile network connection. As such, no; you are not hacked. really? but there are disruptions in my network sometimes? doesn't that mean that someone is trying to get into my router? Edited November 29 by jassa Quote
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