A hardware firewall uses port forwarding so that computers behind it can be contacted from the internet without having to sacrifice all your security with a DMZ.
*sigh*
Charming isn't it, the way that IE will post posts before you finish them?
Bah. As I was saying, a port forwarding is used by hardware firewalls. Software firewalls are installed on one PC and dont have port forwarding.
And I can't find any information on a 'nutcracker firewall' which makes this harder. Either you have a software firewall which should normaly ask you when you try to make a connection, but can normaly be found in the system tray in the bottom right of your screen.
Or you do actualy have a hardware firewall and you would normaly have to head to a site like
http://192.168.0.254 to get the configuration screen. (Thats a site coming from your router/firewall itself, so it will most likely not work as the address will be wrong). To sort that out, you will have to find out what it is or find the manual for it. What kind of internet connection do you have and what hardware is plugged into it?
[ 02-07-2004, 07:42 AM: Message edited by: andrewas ]