Manuel McLure wrote: > > > On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 2:43 PM Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com > <mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > I do have a router, that's what the printer is connected too. I can't > recall what it is called but remember the DSL modem is supposed to be > pretty secure on its own. I think it can work in bridge mode or > router/whatever mode. Now that I think about it, it's in router or > whatever mode because the login and password goes in the router if > I put > the modem in bridge mode. I put the router in for two reasons. One, > sometimes I have a 2nd puter that needs internet access, usually > when I > am working on someone else's puter. 2nd, it adds another layer of > security, I would hope anyway. I've been using this for a good long > time and nothing weird has happened, yet anyway. If my DVD tray > starts > sliding in and out, that may require attention. lol > > I went to a website and got it to test my stuff once. It said it was > secure. It's been a while tho. > > > Given the fact that your printer got a 192.168.XXX.XXX address, I > would say there's a 99.999% chance that your router/modem is doing NAT > and you don't have to worry about it. > -- > Manuel A. McLure WW1FA <man...@mclure.org <mailto:man...@mclure.org>> > <http://www.mclure.org> > ...for in Ulthar, according to an ancient and significant law, > no man may kill a cat. -- H.P. Lovecraft
I'm no networking guru by any stretch, I'm sure others would agree with that, but that's my thinking. After all, if you have a printer with the same IP, how would it know mine from yours unless it is local only? >From my understanding, 192.168.*.* addresses are always local only IPs. The worst thing that could happen is someone prints stuff until it runs out of paper if I'm not here or I cut it off if I am here and notice it printing something that isn't mine. Surely that printer can't be used for much else. Now to go find those mount and chroot commands for rescuing a failed Gentoo install and getting those printed out. I been wanting the updated version of that for years now. Dale :-) :-)
