tunnu Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 I've a PPPOE internet connection with a username and password. The local ISP guy has put a switch on my terrace and stretched the CAT 5 cable directlyinto my desktop ethernet card. So before connecting to the net with a dialer I've an internal IP addressin the range of 192.168.0.* which is given to me by the local gateway (also a DHCP server).Once I get connected to the net I've 2 IP addresses the internal192.168.0.* and the other live IP.Now I've removed the CAT 5 cable frm my Ethernet card and attached thesame to my wifi router so now I get the internal IP from the wifi router inthe range of 192.168.11.* I've configured the router with my PPPOE settings which means even if my computer is switched off my netconnection is on coz the internet wire is attached to the wifi router now.So now heres the question, yesterday my PPPOE account expired but Idint switch off my router and today I can still access the net eventhough my account is expired!! When I check the tracert command it shows the first hop as my wifi router then it shows all the internetrouters but NOT the local gateway which used to give me the 192.168.0.* IP address. Does it mean that I've bypassed the local gateway?? Can they come to knowthat am still using an expired account?There's no cruel intention from my side but being into IT am justcurious to know whats wrong technically coz I dont know much about the PPPOE internet connection.Please helpSunny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tain Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Did you configure the router to fail over to an available wireless signal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcarle Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 If you look inside your router's configuration pages, specifically in the connection status section, you'll notice that your router is simply the one who's picked up the 192.168.0.x IP address which connects to 192.168.0.1.Also take note, the local gateway in the 192.168.0.x subnet is the DSL modem, not your ISP. DSL modems which give out DHCP assignments are combination DSL modem and routers in one device. Such is the case with almost all SpeedTouch DSL modems for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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