On Fri, 2009-06-05 at 15:29 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 05 June 2009 14:41:31 Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > > Anne Wilson wrote: > > > Isn't it unusual to connect the modem to the DSL socket on the router? > The > > > only time I've set up one where I had to use the supplied modem I used the > > > router as a switch, connecting the modem to one of the LAN sockets. > > > > > > Anne > > > > > It is very common when you have a modem that does not have a > > firewall/router build in. This is especially true when you only get > > one IP address, and use NAT so you can have more then one computer > > with access to the Internet. Most home users, as well as small > > business users, are using the firewall, dhcp server, and NAT > > features of the firewall/router. > > > I see. So I need to find out whether my daughter's BT router (with a single > connection socket) contains a firewall or not. > > I would have preferred to get rid of it, but it seems to be tied in - they > don't allow you access to any settings whatsoever, as far as I can see, so > you can't just replace it with a standard router. Have you tried browsing to 192.168.2.1 (or whatever the default routing address is in your case) from inside your network? Most modern routers contain a small web server for configuration. poc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
