More specifically most home/broadband routers use NAT with Address Overloading i.e. PAT. This is when multiple lan ips use a single wan ip. Where NAT without Address Overloading would be a single internal ip mapped to a single external ip.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hexis Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 11:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [hlds] HLTV "-Port" Bug (really Odd and Need Help !) On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 07:34:19PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Routers are, by default, a one-way ticket out of the LAN. An outgoing > connection like your HLTV broadcast is given a port like 1337. The > router then converts that port into a random one upon creation of the tunnel. So so wrong. A NAT (Network Address Translation) process on a Router or Firewall, or "Security Appliance" or whatever is a one way ticket out of the private IP space, without inbound port or address forwarding setup. A router is simply a device to connect different networks at layer 3. If you are not running NAT or any access lists a router itself will not do anything to limit packets going across it. Most home/broadband "routers" come with NAT enabled by default. -- Hexis www.hxxl.com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
