Looks like the app uses activex or some other scripting in IE to access your router and do the modifications for you. It tells you to identify the router type so that's my guess. It probably turns off DHCP for you...
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 8:27 AM, Tony B <[email protected]> wrote: > I saw this in the news this morning and was wondering if anyone has > tried it and can answer a question. The hardest part of port > forwarding on a network is having to switch off DHCP, so you can tell > the router which machine to forward which port for. So my question is: > If I use this app, can I actually re-enable DHCP? If not, then I > wonder why they call it 'simple' port forwarding? > > http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,76371-order,3/description.html > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > -- Make sure you support your local CarbonONset programs! ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
