[geeks] Whee - someone was knocking on my machine...

[Ken Hansen]

Bill.

I switched the IP address because that was the screen in front of me when I
figured out there was a problem.

As with most things there are a number of ways to accomplish almost anything
WRT computers.

I could have done almost anything:

Pull the Cat 5 cable of the host
Power-down the system
turn off the router
turn off DMZ
change the DMZ IP
turned around and started ripping into their machine
etc...

And hey - no problem here WRT Linksys hardware - awaiting my 802.11b gateway
Cable/DSL router/switch for $150!

Oh, and for those folks that lost-out on my sale of the SMC cable/DSL
router, Tigerdirect has the 3Com version for $50 (no rebates)...

Ken

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Bradford" <mrbill at mrbill.net>
To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: [geeks] Whee - someone was knocking on my machine...


> On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 08:35:04AM -0700, Ken Hansen wrote:
> > I have diverted my DMZ function to point to another
> > non-existant IP (...161)
>
> Why not just turn *off* the DMZ function?  I know I can do that on
> my RT314, but not sure of what you're using.
>
> BTW, thanks to whoever recommended the NetGear stuff - I'm MUCH happier
> wiht it than the old Linksys stuff (which I sold to a friend for $150,
> installation and setup of his home network included).  Rock solid and
> the only time it reboots is when I upgrade the OS. 8-)



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