Pete Theisen wrote: > I don't know that I would know how to NOT dish out public ip addresses. If it > isn't a secret, please share your technique.
The wifi router has 2 interfaces: external (Internet) and internal (my local LAN). I only have 1 public ip address assigned by my provider (currently 76.215.148.104). My local network is in the private range 192.168.101.0 - 192.168.101.255. The wifi router's DHCP server dishes out ip's in that range[1]. So anyone connecting to my open wifi network will get a private address, so it won't matter if you have an open relay because it would be open to only yourself. On a side note, crackers aren't even trying to find open relays anymore - they must be few and far between these days. I get about 3 attempts per day. [1] Actually, it puts every wifi client in its own private subnet, so that separate wifi clients can't connect to each other. -- pkm ~ http://paulmcnett.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
