Re: Outpost firewall

From: chrisclu (chris.20.chrisclu@spamgourmet.com)
Date: 07/15/02 

From: "chrisclu" <chris.20.chrisclu@spamgourmet.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 17:51:58 GMT

Thanks Kulvinder,
I wish I knew more about the technical aspects of networking.
Chris
"Kulvinder Singh Matharu" <real-address-in-sig@lineone.net> wrote in message
news:ne23jug0ltcn6o44ed4qboii20cals7p8l@news.demon.co.uk...
> On Sun, 14 Jul 2002 13:07:58 +0100, "resenär"
> <res@SPAMTRAPwarriorcomputing.com> wrote:
>
> [snip]
> >The IP address thing depends on your ISP. Some give you a fixed address
and
> >some don't. If they do, then Outpost tells you your IP address when you
hold
> >the mouse pointer over it's incon in the systemtray. If not, then you
should
> [snip]
>
> In addition, if you're behind an ADSL router (with NAT) then
> Outpost/ipconfig/etc cannot report on your external ISP assigned IP.
> The software will only be able to get your LAN assigned IP address.
> However, if you have the right utils with the router then the utils
> will report what the router has been given by the ISP. In my case,
> I'm on fixed IP so I already have that info.
>
> Most ADSL routers have NAT allowing you to connect several machines
> to the Internet using only one IP address...ICS can then be ditched!
> This way you're not reliant on a single machine for Internet
> connection and so the connection is 24/7 (my router also does DHCP
> and I run a mixed fixed/dynamic IP scheme on the LAN).
>
> If you're using an ADSL "modem" then that machine "dialling" in will
> see the ISP assigned IP address and this will be visible in
> Outpost/ipconfig/etc. Using ICS or other proxy will allow the other
> machines on your LAN to connect to the Internet through the machine
> that dialled-in.
>
> --
> Kulvinder Singh Matharu
> E-mail : ksmatharu # ieee . org [without the spaces and where #=@]
> Website: http://www.matharu.demon.co.uk/
> "You don't need to be a weatherman to know which way the wind blows"
> 

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