civileme wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I just want to no how to enable a port threw mandrake internet >> sharing? the port is 3602. please let me know >> >> Best regards >> >> Mike >> >> >> >> .................................... >> Get your own free email account from >> http://www.popmail.com >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to >> http://www.mandrakestore.com >> > Ummm you run a program that expects a reply on that port.... > > The server on the other end or in the middle of the conversation will > actually send to a high port that the internet sharing connection will > translate to port 3602 before forwarding the packet to the originating > machine. > > Now if you want a port there to accept unsolicited contacts > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Sorry sent accidentally...
To finish--to open a port for unsolicited contacts is much more complex and requires "port-forwarding" rules. This is not something covered by any GUI tools except on separate firewall products for any distro, because it is a bit complicated. If that is what yu want to do, then it is a great idea to have the gateway computer dedicated to gateway/firewall functions and toss the router. That means running a dedicated firewall product like SNF from Mandrakesoft or its forthcoming replacement MNF, where port forwarding is one of the many options available (To allow a web server behind the firewall to be contacted from the internet for example.) There are other tools, but for those you really need to read and understand something like the iptables manual, or at least look at the examples given for port-forwarding. Writing firewall rules is not a heck of a lot of fun. Civileme
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