[Thinkpad] WXP T43

[Rob Bell]

Most home networking hub/routers are set up so that devices on the 
inside of your network have a local (non-routable) IP address, usually 
beginning with 192.*.*.*.  Devices on the outside (Internet side) can't 
typically direct traffic to your internal devices because of the IPs. 
This feature does a decent job keeping your home network safe from 
external access.  Not perfect, but good.  I still recommend having a 
firewall tool on each computer like BlackICE that will further protect 
from unwanted access.

Rob

jrace at attglobal.net wrote:

> Running the network setup wizard to enable file
> and printer sharing so I can copy files over from
> my 600X, the wizard warns this will allow access
> from the internet to all my files.  How do I allow
> only file sharing to devices on my router, but not
> from outside world?
> jr


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