Hello Matt
On 16-Dec-01, you wrote: > NAT copies packets from one interface, manipulates the data to make it > look like it came from another machine (for instance, 192.168.0.3 -> > 212.133.97.8, which is your gateway) and then forwards them on a > different interface. > > This way, machines can reply to yours and things work - instead of > machines trying to reply to machines on their own local network. > > Packet forwarding is like standing in a queue passing buckets of water > towards a fire - you just take the bucket and hand it to the next in > line. No messing around, and hence your packets still have local > addresses in them. Thanks for the discription. I understand what you say. So alas I can't use Genesis as a gateway for my PC using Nutscrape huh? :-/ Drats. Oh well. Regards -- PUNNY BOOK = April Fool!: Sue Prize. Andrew Bruno [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________________________________ Voyager Mailing List - http://v3.vapor.com/ Voyager FAQ....: http://faq.vapor.com/voyager/ Listserver Help: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=HELP Unsubscribe....: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=UNSUBSCRIBE
