[Novalug] blocking ip addresses

Alex Smith (K4RNT) shadowhunter@gmail.com
Thu Jan 31 18:20:14 EST 2013


Jon, DD-WRT and OpenWRT are both good router firmwares available for your
router,

On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 11:46 PM, Stuart Gathman <stuart@gathman.org> wrote:

> Long ago, Nostradamus foresaw that on 01/25/2013 08:19 PM, Jon LaBadie
> would write:
> > On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 02:46:05AM +0000, jecottrell3@comcast.net wrote:
> >> Well, you can two it two ways...either
> >>
> >> [1] block it with Firewall Rules, or
> >> [2] Route it Somewhere Bogus, like 127.0.0.1
> >>
> > Know if this is possible with appliance routers like the one
> > serving as my gateway and firewall?  I don't see the capability.
>
> This a *Linux* users group, after all, so you have to load linux on your
> router:
>
> http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/netgear/wndr3700
>
> If this is your first time, I do recommend having a backup router nearby
> (perhaps at a nearby store) in case
> you "brick" it (or think you have).  But there are lots of clear
> instructions, and there is such a sense
> of power when your router is running your own linux distro.
>
>
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