On Wed, 2008-01-23 at 12:32 +0800, Marvin Pascual wrote: > The difference is that if your Linksys blue box router runs with > Open/DD/X WRT, you can control and directly connect to it from the > Internet. Imagine the following setup:
ok. I don't know those. do they work by having the linksys rendezvous outward to a server? kasi, private IP. > And I assume that the Linksys blue box router will get a > public IP address which you can manage to connect anywhere > you are. no, i've also worked with other smart bro clients. they really do get a private IP only. it's probably smart trying to save IP addresses. > although that device consumes a little power, but we can't deny it > that it still consumes electricity. Lastly, it consumes space. > > Am I making any sense here? =( well, the linksys would use either the same amount or more power since it does more (probably wifi access point too). but the main sticking point really is the private IP. that's really what you get. it's not the box getting a public IP and hiding you behind that. you'd need something like hamachi (where you rendezvous at the hamachi server) or openvpn (where the box on the inside of the private network connects outward to the outside openvpn server). tiger _________________________________________________ Kagay-Anon Linux Users' Group (KLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (http://cdo.linux.org.ph) Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
