Re: NTLK NPDS Tracker

From: Victor Rehorst (chuma@chuma.org)
Date: Thu Aug 17 2000 - 06:32:46 CDT


On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, John Skinner wrote:

> Thanks for all the response guys!
>
> I still have some other issues with questions though.
>
> I am running a firewall/ router here at my house. Would this change my
> NPDS Tracker Client preferences on the Newton?
>
> Would I change the "Newton Port" to something else or does this need to
> be setup in the router (i.e routing table or inbound mapping) to allow
> the ping from the NPDS Tracker Server to be able to reach my Newton?

First off, your firewall would have to be configured to allow incoming
connections to your Newton on port 80 throught the firewall. I can't really
help you with this, look in your firewall documentation for "port
forwarding". I guess adding an entry in the routing table or inbound
mapping would be the same thing.

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