192.168.1.0 Private network detected

Lady_K

Zonealarm pops up a new network found message asking of I want to

keep in internet zone

or

add to trusted zone

and if I want to name the new network

then a tickbox for automatically configure this network if I add this to the trusted zone

I don't know what it is or what I should do about it. I have a linksys router so I don't think its that as I thought that is supposed to be 192 168 1 1

keith1950

Hi, someone more knowledgeable will probably come along and correct me,, but it sounds to me if one of your neighbours has a Netgear wireless router that has'nt been secured and zonealarm has detected it. Ignore it !

prowla

192.168.1.1 is an address on the network 192.168.1.0

Nanao_2

It just sounds like it's just your home network - 192.168.1.1 is on the 192.168.0.0 network. I think it should be fine to add it to your trusted zone.

gaming_guy

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John_Gray

Gaming_Guy is right - but the real question which needs answering is: what is your home network addressed on?

You don't say if you are running Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7, so I suppose the best way to find out is to click on Start then on Run and type CMD in the box, and press Enter. You are now in the wonderful world of the Command Prompt Window! Now type IPCONFIG and press Enter. You will get a few lines of text, including the "IP Address" (may say "IP v4 Address") and the Default Gateway. I hope both of these will start 192.168.1., and the Default Gateway should be 192.168.1.1 - your router.

(To leave the Command Prompt window, type EXIT and press Enter.)

If both those addresses start 192.168.1. then fine, and Zonealarm is just talking about your current network, for some reason.

If the start characters are 192.168.0. (or anything else other than 192.168.1.) tell us what they are!

closed

uninstall it, it will just slow your pc down with little or no benefit

Lil306

As John Gray has mentioned, do an ipconfig command
It will tell you the IP address and default gateway.

The 192.168.1.0 should be your default gateway if it's the linksys router, if it's not. Then don't accept it

I get the message with comodo too, but it's because it detects your network adapters and finds the networks they're on. I accept them because I know the ranges in my own home network.

Hammyman

gaming_guy wrote: »

no it isn't

192.168.0.0/24 and 192.168.1.0/24 are two completely different networks. If you were to assign an address of 192.168.1.150 to a computer on a 192.168.0.0/24 network, it wouldn't be able to communicate with other hosts on the LAN.

Very good. But....
The Linksys router is on 192.168.1.1
Therefore applying subnet mask of 255.255.255.0, the network address is 192.168.1. Therefore all addresses starting with 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.0.254 are in the same subnet. So if he is connected to a router with IP address 192.168.1.1 which runs a DHCP server that allocates him an address, then ZoneAlarm is correct. The 0 at the end of the ZoneAlarm reported address means "current network".

Hammyman

Lil306 wrote: »

As John Gray has mentioned, do an ipconfig command
It will tell you the IP address and default gateway.

The 192.168.1.0 should be your default gateway if it's the linksys router, if it's not. Then don't accept it

I get the message with comodo too, but it's because it detects your network adapters and finds the networks they're on. I accept them because I know the ranges in my own home network.

It cannot be 192.168.1.0 as 0 is a reserved IP number as is 255. You cannot assign them without breaking the network. Therefore an ipconfig should report the IP address of the router as the default gateway.

closed

All these mixed 1's and 0's will just confuse the op, it's clearly her own 192.168.1.x network, so either allow it, or uninstall it.