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Originally Posted by mtaman02
I know for a fact that ain't nobody in my neighborhood that has a wireless router setup....
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Well, it's not that.. I just used my neighborhood for an example as a prime attack target for a malicious wardriver. Someone could have had access to a bunch of routers on high-speed broadband lines by doing VERY little work. Changing the admin password on your router will, for the most part, protect it from intruders trying to change settings or something like that. (It won't stop people from logging onto your network, though)
The problem you're having sounds like a problem with your ISP. I'd doubt it deals with any of the hardware you have as usually stuff would just _not_ work. My only guess would be that your DSL modem magically set up some weird restrictive firewall blocking an IP range or something. If the problem persists if your router isn't even in use, it's obviously not the router's problem. Since you have multiple computers, it's less likely that's the problem (as screwing something up twice on different computers is hard!
) Also, since it is allowing some specific traffic, I'm quite positive there's nothing wrong with the cables or your DSL modem (as cat5 cables and DSL modems aren't too picky about things they don't work with). If you have a friend with a laptop and the same DSL service as you (with a fully-working connection), ask him if he could bring the modem and his laptop over and see if they work together through your line then see if his laptop works with your modem then see if your computers work with his modem. It'll be a pretty quick test to see if the problem is on your end or your ISPs. If you can't do that, give your ISP a call.