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should router say 'alive'

MapForJ · 2011-07-21 18:27:07

I looked up my ip address and the scanned with angry ip. It says alive. Is this a safe way to be? It is my external ip i mean not the 192.168.1.1 etc If it was stealth would it have returned alive? Thanks

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21-07-2011 7:27pm

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MapForJ

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I looked up my ip address and the scanned with angry ip. It says alive. Is this a safe way to be? It is my external ip i mean not the 192.168.1.1 etc

If it was stealth would it have returned alive?

Thanks

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#2 21-07-2011 10:06pm
biko

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Try this to see whether it's visible on the net
Shields up https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

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#3 21-07-2011 10:49pm
MapForJ

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biko wrote: »

Try this to see whether it's visible on the net
Shields up https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

that says stealth but grc has been criticised too

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