Re: making a hole

From: Joe Bloggs (stuSpam-art@excite.com)
Date: 01/19/02

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    From: Joe Bloggs <stuSpam-art@excite.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 14:55:27 +0100

    Virgil Sheppard wrote:

    > Hey Guys:
    > I have a question for you that I havent been able to get an answer for in 2
    > months.
    >
    > I have a home network through a lynksys router, and the thing sets up a
    > firewall that keeps me from racing MCM2 in the Zone. I need to be able to
    > make a hole in the firewall to enable me to play in the MCM2 rooms. I have
    > the port numbers to open but dont know how.
    >
    > HELP

    Im not familiar with the linksys but if it is a router based access list then
    you need to read the documentation and then make an addition into the config
    (probably by copying one of the preceeding lines) ... with a permit ip
    my.address.0.1 any [port number]...

    save everything before you make any adjustments and be sure you can restore it
    then play around... I'm sure you'll figure it out!

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