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hi
My PC is connected to internet(cable internet) via router.I connected to this router and among other info it also says that its WAN IP address is "Y.Y.Y.X".But when I run
"traceroute www.google.com"
it doesn't go trough the same subnet(*.X) that my WAN IP is in in order to reach its final destination.
Why the heck traceroute didn't go trough system with Y.Y.Y.X IP?
And if my router has my WAN IP then why am I not able to ping it?
Can someone explain a bit?
thank you
Your gateway isn't necessarily on the same subnet as your router. As for not being able to ping it, most routers disable pinging from the WAN side. On Linksys routers, it's an option called 'Block WAN Request', I think.
I'm not shure I understand this.Router has two NICs,one with 192.168.2.1 IP and the other with routable IP(which would be my WAN IP)Quote:
Your gateway isn't necessarily on the same subnet as your router
So whenever I connect to the internet,the traffic goes trough router and thus trough NIC with my WAN IP?
In any case,I always assumed that whenever I connect to the internet all the traffic will go trough the system that has my WAN IP(be it my router or some other system located at my ISP)?
It will go through the WAN IP, but it doesn't show up on the tracert.
a router only shows up on a tracert if it decrements the TTL and if it responds to icmp packets
in other words, your router is clear to all traffic, it's if "it's not even there"...