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join:2000-11-08
Da Bronx
 ·Optimum Online
 ·Clearwire Wireless
| device software update I noticed a software update was pushed to my Home Modem with Wifi the other morning. The only obvious change was the addition of IP Passthrough functionality.
the new menu option:
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IP Passthrough is a useful feature if a host computer or server on the Local Area Network needs to have access into it from the internet with a real public IP address. With IP Passthrough configured, all IP traffic, not just TCP/UDP, is forwarded back to the host computer. This can be necessary with certain types of software that do not function reliably through Network Address Translation.
IP Passthrough []Enable [X]Disable
IP Passthrough Type []Auto []Manual
IP Passthrough MAC []:[]:[]:[]:[]:[]
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I set this up on my main Linux box, and what it does is set the IP address of the computer to the public IP of the router instead of to a 192.168.15.XX Unfortunately, this also blocks access to the router at 192.168.15.1 from the re-configured computer. Marginally useful IMHO.
Anyone else notice this change? Any information about what else under the hood has been changed?
Bob
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