Hi Kylde,

On Wednesday 19 July 2006 11:17, Kylde Inscribed Thus:
> Ok, Alcatel Speedtouch 576. When I open the ports for any app, the
> Speedtouch phrases it as "assign a game or application to a network
> device". BUT, although I assign the ports to "pita" (the network name
> of my PC), what the router is actually doing is assigning the ports
> to the internet ip that "pita" has been assigned at the time, so if
> for any reason I disconnect from the net, ALL my port forwarding
> rules become invalid when I reconnect because I get re-assigned a
> new, different, IP? What am I missing here?

Port forwarding is / should be independent of your assigned IP !!!


> On 19/07/2006 01:03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Glad it worked out for you !

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Best Regards:
     Derrick.
     Pontefract Linux Users Group.
     plug at play-net.co.uk

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