Warning: Dlink 604 (HW:B2)
Subject: Warning: Dlink 604 (HW:B2)
From: "Bjorn Damm" <bjornd@mail.invalid>
Date: 22/04/2005, 15:10
Newsgroups: sci.astro.seti,alt.sci.seti

I had a problem with my Dlink router DI 604 (HW:B2)
It was upgraded to the latest software 20040604_604_182b2.BIN

Recently it became fully transparent and routed everything including the ARP protocol from my ISP. So my computer got it's IP-address from my ISP. At the same time the routers IP address vanished and it was no longer possible to get in touch with it and its configuration pages. Reset(button) to factory default didn't help. If I did a tracert the Dlink did not show, the first router was my ISPs router. I listened to the trafic with a ethernet snooper but there was no sign of the Dlink. No ARPs, no nothing.

I do not know if it failed into an unacceptable state or if it was hacked
from the outside. Thou I guess it was hacked. But it doesn't matter.

I have now replaced my router with a router from a diffrent manufacturer.

If you have a router of the same make you should replace it.

http://members.chello.se/bjornd/productlabel.jpg

You have been warned!

Björn Damm
bjorn.damm.0002{at}chello.se