On 2007-09-12, Steve Kostecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Broadcast mode sounds like asking for troubles when you are plugged >> into the net at the site you are visiting. It would be too easy >> to forget to turn it off. > > In the configuration files I previously posted the laptop was configured > as a broadcast server, not a broadcast client. So there is no need to > "turn it off".
I think the laptop being a server might be precisely what he's talking about: the broadcast going 'out' my place, from the visiting laptop. But if that's the case, I would worry about it. I'm on a LAN of my own, with a broadband router to connect to my provider. Machines in my network get an 192.168.x.y address from the DHCP server in the router. A broadcast should stay in the LAN. I also suppose that the laptop can broadcast as much as he can, my machines will only 'listen' to the server they're configured to use. (the ISP's) -- There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. Douglas Adams _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
