you are not breaking the law.
its a specified and somewhat overused stop gap used by techsupport (who get anyone in the "pockets" of congestion to use.
if u have a surfboard the address is for ur modem :
http://192.168.100.1/config.html
change range depends on area - here ie dundee 1-4 varies on usage.
since so many folks know how to use newsgroups now - everything getting hammered.
gl