Static IP addresses

CurlyWhirly · 16 Apr 2006 at 16:20

tolien said:
Because the IP address that's visible is your router's.

Ah, I understand now

Routers are new to me so please forgive my ignorance

NathanE · 16 Apr 2006 at 16:24

CurlyWhirly said:
So I should go back to the Homepage and disable it then should I

IMO yes. It does naff'all except create paranoia for users who don't really know what it's doing in the first place. Looks good on the router's box/packaging, but that's about it...

Standard disclaimers apply though. I.e. you can't sue me if you get hacked/wormed somehow

CurlyWhirly · 16 Apr 2006 at 16:50

NathanE said:
IMO yes. It does naff'all except create paranoia for users who don't really know what it's doing in the first place.

I take it you mean this (taken from the intrusion log):

As you can see, not many attacks!

NathanE said:
Standard disclaimers apply though. I.e. you can't sue me if you get hacked/wormed somehow

Best I leave the firewall on then

Anyway, to summarise I have now learnt that static IP addresses are safe and so if and when I migrate to Zen next month, I shouldn't have anything to worry about.

Thanks to everyone who replied