I access the internet via a router supplied (and configured) by my wife's
company. Recently I have noticed that NNTP access is impossible on any of
six different news servers between the hours of 5 pm (approx) and 11 pm.
This may have occurred when the old router (DLink) was hit by an electrical
surge and was replaced by a Netgear, which, according to the ISP may have
some sort of "control" set. (I have scoured the manual, and can't find
anything so far). What I am wondering, is there any Audit function that
might tell me if this is the case? (The ISP assures me that their networks
are all up and running, and indeed Web browsing and Email are not affected.
I am VERY frustrated by this!)

Thanks

Do you have access to the router setup? That would be how you get to the
firewall settings.

Gordon wrote:

> I access the internet via a router supplied (and configured) by my wife's
> company. Recently I have noticed that NNTP access is impossible on any of
> six different news servers between the hours of 5 pm (approx) and 11 pm.
> This may have occurred when the old router (DLink) was hit by an electrical
> surge and was replaced by a Netgear, which, according to the ISP may have
> some sort of "control" set. (I have scoured the manual, and can't find
> anything so far). What I am wondering, is there any Audit function that
> might tell me if this is the case? (The ISP assures me that their networks
> are all up and running, and indeed Web browsing and Email are not affected.
> I am VERY frustrated by this!)
>
> Thanks
>
>

"Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message
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> Do you have access to the router setup? That would be how you get to the
> firewall settings.
>


I've looked - there are no rules set up.

Gordon wrote:

> "Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message
> news:%23SewIE0hHHA.1708@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>
>>Do you have access to the router setup? That would be how you get to the
>>firewall settings.
>>
>
>
>
> I've looked - there are no rules set up.
>

I think I'd try setting the NNTP one and see what the default time was
and change it.

"Gordon" <gbplinux******.com.invalid> wrote in message
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>I access the internet via a router supplied (and configured) by my
>wife's company. Recently I have noticed that NNTP access is impossible
>on any of six different news servers between the hours of 5 pm (approx)
>and 11 pm. This may have occurred when the old router (DLink) was hit
>by an electrical surge and was replaced by a Netgear, which, according
>to the ISP may have some sort of "control" set. (I have scoured the
>manual, and can't find anything so far). What I am wondering, is there
>any Audit function that might tell me if this is the case? (The ISP
>assures me that their networks are all up and running, and indeed Web
>browsing and Email are not affected. I am VERY frustrated by this!)
>
> Thanks

I would contact the wife's company. Your post reads as if the equipment
is company owned and serviced.

"Frank" <bbunny@bqik.net> wrote in message
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> I would contact the wife's company. Your post reads as if the equipment
> is company owned and serviced.
>


It is. I was trying to gather some evidence before I do.