RJ-11 & Dynamic IP with AT&T UVERSE

[sunshine10101]

I have AT&T Uverse Internet

I have two quesitons, first is there anything special about the RJ-11 jack that was installed in my house or will any RJ-11 jack work? I took a look inside and found a computer board, which doesn't make any sense to me, since the electronics were supposed to be in the RG. Could this be the cause of communication problems I have been having?



Second, I have had the same IP address for months. I was told that the RG constantly changes for enhanced security initially, then I was informed that each RG has it's own IP address and replacement of the RG is the only way to get a different IP address. Do you all have a Static IP which is referred to as Dynamic? Or do any of you get different IP adresses, ocassionally?

[johnwill]

That's just a punch-down jack, there is no circuity there.

I keep the same address for months at a time, then it'll change for seemingly no reason. I don't spend any time worrying about it.

Maybe you could tell us more about the issues you're having...

[sunshine10101]

Originally Posted by johnwill

That's just a punch-down jack, there is no circuity there.

I keep the same address for months at a time, then it'll change for seemingly no reason. I don't spend any time worrying about it.

Maybe you could tell us more about the issues you're having...

Thanks John,

I don't think "there is no circuitry there" , and I don't think it is "just a punch down jack" like what I found here http://www.vpi.us/installation/inst-jck-vert.html

You see, the puch down is connected to a circuit board, also while I had this jack connected I was unable to keep my screen saver going. Once I put a normal jack (one without a circuit board) I was able to keep the scree saver going without interruption.

My issues are basically I don't have control over my computers. Even my email is interferred with. I have a few different email address's and some of them take many hours to receive an email from another. I have tested. As recently as yesterday I had a computer forum reject my membership because their email came back to them.

I also have been tied into someone elses network which has me connected to many colleges and to a large governemental agency. When I contacted some of the connected systems I only received communication back from the governmental agency. They were very helpful, as they even documented their opinion which was that they were not on my network, but it appeared I was attempting to hack into theirs. They furthermore, explained that the colleges would not be responding because it looked like "I was the bad guy", aka, hacker.

So bascically I have had corruption out the *** with my computer over the past several years, with several ISP's. Through dialup, which download was at about 50 kbps and upload was at about 400 kbps. Who has ever heard of that? Cable, showing that I was running into their system through someone elses router, my router was not communicating with them at all. AT&T Uverse, well they are the least informative. The other ISP's seemed to be able to inform me more than they can. Their level 2 support is the highest, Cable's level 3 was much better.

I have learned quite a bit about computer corruption throughout this whole deal and for anyone who thinks they are having issues, I would be more than happy to help you to figure things out.

Also, AT&T told me yesterday, that I did not need to use the jack with a circuit board, and they didn't know why I had one. So I changed it and Iwill have to do some re- formatting and different secuirty measures with their RG in order to do further checking for corruption.

As far as ther RG, I was given information in writing that their RG was rated #1 by JD Power & Assoc. for security and it changes IP every 60 seconds. So, now I just want to know why JD Power & Asdsoc. rated it so high? If their IP is associated with the mac, the way they explained it to me, then it will never change and I don't call that dynamic. So, if your's is changing please tell me how, as according to them, it will not, unless you switch out the RG (residential gateway).

Thank you for your consideration.

I have more photos at www.wiretapsfordummies.com for your review the jack is a Star 600v made 3/31/08

[johnwill]

Sorry, but the site you show illustrates the same thing, a plain punch-down jack. I have several in a drawer here from my wiring job, there is no active circuitry on the PCB, it's just used to make connections from the wire terminations to the jack soldered to the board. In addition, your pictures show only the two wires fro the phone line coming in, so there's no way any information would be leaving the jack, where's it going to go?

IMO, your security issues have nothing to do with that jack, but more to do with the sites you visit, and the security applications you run.

I don't have a way to change my IP address, other than powering down my gateway for longer than the ISP lease time. I can also go into my Verizon FiOS supplied router and release the IP address, wait some and renew it. That will sometimes change the address.

There is no earthly reason that changing your address will add anything to your security anyway. Hackers don't target a specific address, they scan thousands of addresses in an address range.

[sunshine10101]

Originally Posted by johnwill

Sorry, but the site you show illustrates the same thing, a plain punch-down jack. I have several in a drawer here from my wiring job, there is no active circuitry on the PCB, it's just used to make connections from the wire terminations to the jack soldered to the board. In addition, your pictures show only the two wires fro the phone line coming in, so there's no way any information would be leaving the jack, where's it going to go?


IMO, your security issues have nothing to do with that jack, but more to do with the sites you visit, and the security applications you run.


I don't have a way to change my IP address, other than powering down my gateway for longer than the ISP lease time. I can also go into my Verizon FiOS supplied router and release the IP address, wait some and renew it. That will sometimes change the address.

There is no earthly reason that changing your address will add anything to your security anyway. Hackers don't target a specific address, they scan thousands of addresses in an address range.

Did you see the picture of the NID? There are 4 wires, two blue and a yellow and a black. Anyway, I have been informed by an ISP that my computer which was only hardwired had been interfered with by my neighbor's wireless network. I cannot believe that, but that is what he put in writing.

It isn't a matter of "If I am being hacked" It is a matter of how do I stop it. I had the top IT man at DARPA, explain that it wasn't their system communicating with me, but my network appeared to be hacking into theirs, and some others. He said it could be a spam bot, however, since most hackers don't hack the individual, but miscellaneous it is obviously an intentional denial of service. This I am sure of, since about 4 ISP's have all been interfered with. From Dialup - Cable - U-Verse. Nothing changes, not new hard drives, new computers, building one from scratch, wireless or hardwired, they all get infected. It is a relentless criminal mind in charge of the interference. About 4 years, so I cannot leave any RJ-11 unchecked, as I had phone line interference with two wiretaps in 2005.

I understand that corruption comes from a variety of ways. I have studied this for years and will help anyone with whatever I can.

You are right that MOST Hackers do not target an IP Address, however if you happen to have a specific hacker who does, well a constantly changing IP is your best line of defense!

Thanks for your asisstance. Cute little icon you have there!