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Originally Posted by equality72521 View Post
I just tried pinging the external IP of my router and it timed out. I did a tracert and it showed the DNS along with the correct IP but couldn't reach the destination. It's like my router is invisible.
You need to enable remote management of the router from inside 1st.

Most routers are set that way these days.

May also have ping reply turned off by default.

If you can ping something then you know it's there and can run a portscan looking for vulnerability.

No reason for a home router to respond by default.
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