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The time now is Sat 25 May 2013, 16:57 All times are UTC - 4 |
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Merry Christmas!
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Lobster
Official Crustacean  Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 15109 Location: Paradox Realm |
Very interesting. Isn't Puppy an education. 
My router has a firewall and two Windows computers (non Linux users - see my rant about my anti-Linux family) Some questions: Before setting up the internet connection I was hoping to use the router (router / model / firewall) to set up a LAN but was unsuccesful. It is almost as if the system is set up to connect to the Internet but not for local connection. However using the software settings it should be possible to have a shared hard disk locally? (I was also trying to set this up with a switch and a second computer on my node. It could be my ineptitude) 
Very occasionally the router has to be reset (turned off and started again) usually at the weekend. This is because no Internet conection is possible. It does not seem to be the ISP. What is the likely cause? I did read that if you have a router firewall, then firewall software (especially for XP is not required). This seemed nonsense because most compromises seem to occur not from scanners trying to get in but existing software (trojans etc) including commercial software and XP itself, connecting out. Can this be clarified please? _________________ Puppy WIKI |
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GuestToo
Puppy Master Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 4078 |
your network probably is already setup can you ping one computer from another? if you can, you have a network ... if you can't, it might be your firewall is blocking pings to actually do something with your network, you have to set up something ... you need to setup file sharing if you want to share hard drive space ... you can run an http server or ftp server if you just want to transfer a few files (Puppy has both)
sometimes a router will crash sometimes the lease expires on your connection and you are given a different ip address by your isp, unless you have a static ip address ... this can confuse your system http://www.dslreports.com/faqnew http://www.dslreports.com/faq/faq/5.%20Troubleshooting
the router's firewall usually lets anything out ... it blocks most or all incoming traffic (other than replies to outgoing traffic) ... the router's firewall should stop most worms that try to get into Windows systems ... Puppy's Morizot firewall was configured about the same way as a router's firewall, to allow all outgoing traffic and to block all incoming traffic you can run a software firewall too, if you want more control over your traffic |
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Lobster
Official Crustacean Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 15109 Location: Paradox Realm |
I think I will give it another go over the next month. Many thanks for the reply
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Ian
Official Dog Handler  Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 1237 Location: Queensland |
I said it before in Misc but once again, Merry Christmas guys. |
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Sage
Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 4623 Location: GB |
Bit of a diversion from the topic above, Mr Moderator! Notwithstanding, everyone here will want to join in a big thank you to Barry for his tireless efforts this year, not to mention his tolerance and good humour in personally attending to our ceaseless enquiries. Nobody deserves a break more than he does. Merry Christmas, Barry. Just one small complaint: why do the Aussies get Christmas before the rest of us?! |
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Ian
Official Dog Handler Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 1237 Location: Queensland |
Because we are all good during the year.
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Sage
Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 4623 Location: GB |
We love you all! What would London be without Kangaroo Valley?! PS. We'll send you some proper cricket bats for the New Year....... |
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OzzyBB
 Joined: 22 Aug 2005 Posts: 39 Location: Lima, Peru |
Hello all, Just a couple lines to say "Thank you Barry" and to send out my best wishes to everyone here. I really hope you enjoy Christmas with your families and let's see the Puppy really stand out this New Year! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! -------------------------------- Hola todos, Sólo un par de líneas para decir "Gracias Barry" y enviar mi más cálido saludo navideño a todos los habituales de este Foro. De verdad espero que disfruten la Navidad en compañía de sus familias y que este Año Nuevo, hagamos que el Cachorro verdaderamente destaque! ¡Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo! Oswaldo Bellido "OzzyBB" |
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