[RndTbl] Re: [TLUG]: ipchicken.com and access by an outside PC
Bill Reid
billreid at shaw.ca
Sat Sep 7 15:26:53 CDT 2002
Mel Seder wrote:
>
> Perhaps I could have explored a bit but the chicken in me took over and
> I didn't go poking around. I began to wonder if I might be better off
> in the long run to get a new broadband router. I saw one on
> futureshop.ca that was a D-Link 4 Port 10/100BT Broadband Router for
> $139.99. The set up I have now is a router and a hub. There are
> possibly other benefits than making my workspace a little cleaner and
> more compact but I don't know what they are. The spec sheet on the
> broadband router mentioned linux support. I don't know what linux
> support might have meant but I suspect that it was a program to let you
> get at the router settings for allowing outsiders to get at my PC by
> allowing traffic on certain ports.
>
Mel,
The router you have should do the job. Is it a DI-701?
If it is then I will check the manual and give you the required
instructions.
Do you have the password?
Are your Linux boxes using DHCP or static IP?
ttyl,
Bill
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