Have I been hacked? HELP!

[RichieZ]

I think that either I have been hacked or there is something wrong with my computer.

Windows 2000 IP Configuration (get info through DHCP)

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : stcla1.sfba.home.com
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.15.93.XXX
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 24.15.93.1

As I understand it all my packets should be routed through my gateway. BUT whenever I trace route anything my first hop is always to 10.4.164.33. I looked this up and its:

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
Information Sciences Institute
University of Southern California
4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330
Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6695

What are my packets routed through USC? Have I been hacked? Is there something I need to do? I don't get it, I don't have any warez, this is a brand new clean install of W2k Pro and I'm running zone alarm! HELP

Has @home been hacked? I've e-mailed security@home.com today, and i'm waiting for a reply. Right now I'm on my DSL and all the packets and tracerts go through my gateway and it works fine. I'm afraid to go back on my cable modem (which BTW would go up and down, REALLY annoying!).

 

[Xanathar]

All that means is that the primary Ip and DNS of the first hop (your gateway) is an internal IP, This is used for management, and is entirely normal, while not up to Internet Specifications (The Exact RFC escapes me) It is a fully functional design which saves on IP space, and allows increased security.

The 10.X subnet is not USC, it is a global address space anypone can use, just not route outside of their network.

 

[RichieZ]

WEll thats good to know, now all I have to figure out is why my connecting goes down about ever 11mins 30 sec. And then simply unplugging the CAT cable from the modem and plugging it back in gets me back up.

 

[Russ]

<< BUT whenever I trace route anything my first hop is always to 10.4.164.33 >>



That may be the address of your modem itself.



<< why my connecting goes down about ever 11mins 30 sec. And then simply unplugging the CAT cable from the modem and plugging it back in gets me back up. >>



I don't know about cable, but with a DSL modem this means it has lost the IP address. Unplugging and plugging back in forces it to &quot;re-train&quot; itself; in other words, the modem is contacting the dns server and telling it to re-lease the IP address.

Russ, NCNE

 

[SillyBoy]

&quot;...contacting the dns server and telling it to re-lease the IP address.&quot;

You mean DHCP, right?

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