I.P. address who are you???

wazza

Have changed the free zonealarm firewall's 'trusted zone security' setting from med to high. Is this recommended? Since then i have been getting a security alert saying someone is trying to access my computer from I.P. 192.168.1.1 who is this?

superscaper

wazza wrote: »

Have changed the free zonealarm firewall's 'trusted zone security' setting from med to high. Is this recommended? Since then i have been getting a security alert saying someone is trying to access my computer from I.P. 192.168.1.1 who is this?

Probably your router.

bingo_bango

That's the IP address for your router.
You'll have to allow it access in ZA.

wazza

bingo_bango wrote: »

That's the IP address for your router.
You'll have to allow it access in ZA.

it is a security alert. does not give me the option to accept or deny. the router is still working ok. still have internet connection

joshm_2

You can create a trusted zone in ZA if you feel it necessary..

Jdubb

I'm no expert but I sometimes have problems with my Netgear router and this looks the IP address AOL tell me to access thru Explorer to re-establish my connection - that said if u still have access it's clearly not exactly the same. I'll double check mine and let u know.

Wonga

Probably your router, definately internal to your network.

Do you have wireless? if so, ensure it has security enabled, preferably WPA. Netgear routers do NOT have security enabled by default however they do not use 192.168.1.0 by default either so is likely to be another brand.

wazza

bingo_bango wrote: »

That's the IP address for your router.
You'll have to allow it access in ZA.

just did a google on the i.p. address it refers to a linksys router. Trouble is my router is made by a company called mercury. Unless it has innards from linksys.

the zonealarm gives me an alert and does not give me the choice to accept or deny

forever confused

wazza

Wonga wrote: »

Probably your router, definately internal to your network.

Do you have wireless? if so, ensure it has security enabled, preferably WPA. Netgear routers do NOT have security enabled by default however they do not use 192.168.1.0 by default either so is likely to be another brand.

my router is not a wireless type. It is a basic wired version

Wonga

In zone alarm, add 192.168.1.0 as a trusted network.

wazza

Wonga wrote: »

In zone alarm, add 192.168.1.0 as a trusted network.

thanks. is it 192.168.1.0 or 192.168.1.1 ?

if i don't add it to the trusted site will it make any difference on the performance of the computer??