OK. With a router set to static, and the IP as 10. That tells me its the isp doing it. especially when the gateway is also a 10 address. ~~TheCreator~~ website: http://tysplace.shaned.net msn: compgeek134 at hotmail.com aim: st8amnd2005 skype: st8amnd127 moo coder/wizard and administrator ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jheim at math.wisc.edu>; "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 2:56 PM Subject: Re: iptables questions > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 07:46:34PM -0500, John Heim wrote: > > Lots of > > ISPs block some ports so you can't set up your own smtp server, for > > example. Maybe Tyler's ISP blocks all incoming connections by default > > and allows only outgoing and existing connections. > > > > I know, my former ISP blocked outgoing smtp, and what's even worse is > that when they out-sourced their tech support, those people insisted > that they didn't block any ports. I also have a friend who has some > incoming ports blocked as well, so I'm familiar with the port blocking > problem, though I've never heard those situations described as > public or private ip addressing. > > > I can't believe an ISP would hand out 10.0.0/24 addresses. Hand out > > private IP addresses and do NAT for every customer? Impossible (I > > think). It may even be illegal. > > > > I agree totally. However, Tyler insisted on several occasions in private > messages that his ISP handed out 10.0.0/24 addresses to him, and I > repeatedly kept telling him that it was either his modem or router > that was doing that. As you said, for an ISP to be doing NAT for all > its customers would be more costly then having a pool of dynamic > public IPS to hand out. > > Greg > > > - -- > web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFEtWH27s9z/XlyUyARAuQ9AJ0bd/+uhKph27XpWxKiOEX/dQUGOgCgkVLm > 1DAtvLZe8hNyd6EX4QzAmq4= > =E+fP > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
