Hi, Jim! Tried the ports assignment, but it didn't work for some
reason. The DMZ seems to do the trick, though. By the way, have been
trying to get up on the Handiham.org echolink net, but no luck.--Matt.
At 07:32 PM 11/3/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Alternatively, you can take that one PC and assign a fixed IP address rather
>than an address assigned by the DLink DHCP. The advantage of using a static
>IP address is that once set up as the DMZ machine, it won't change if the
>router is rebooted and the PCs on the network are started up in a different
>order.
>
>Note that putting a PC in the DMZ defeats all of the firewall advantages of
>having a router on a home network. It's better to set the port numbers that
>Echolink needs as acceptable ports.
>
>73, KY2D
>Jim Kutsch
>Jacksonville, FL
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 14:34
>Subject: Re: echo link
>
>
>No, Matt, that IP address is the one DLink assigned to your PC if you have
>it
>hooked up to the network. That's the only address the router knows so you
>have to reference that address when you tell the router which of the PC's on
>the network to put in the DMZ.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Matthew Chao" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 2:11 PM
>Subject: Re: echo link
>
>
>Hi, steve! So, I either use the physical address of the PC, or I use what
>D-Link assigns?--Matt.
>
>P.S. Will try again to get into chat room.
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