FV>> The port mapper was causing problems with Winders. :(

 ml>> wierd... you have to use a portmapper for the java-telnet
 ml>> client to work?

 FV> Some explaining is in order here. :)

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 FV> This whole mess is networked with BNC cable and R2D2 runs
 FV> Windows' "Internet Connection Sharing" (ICS) to provide

ewww... ICS... then again, its "free" and part of the OS but
still... yuck...

 FV> the other two with internet access. Since ICS does not do
 FV> routing, the port mapper was needed to point port 80 to
 FV> Spock for the java client.

ahhh, so spock is the web server? hummm... i know that i've run wingate in
the past and it did a good job... a friend of mine used it and mapped ports
to other boxes so that folk on the 'net could get to things on the inside
on different machines... from the outside, it all looked like it was all on
one machine... because wingate is a proxy, you just have to be careful what
you allow to be done as hackers are always looking for proxies that they
can use to jump to other sites with...

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 FV> Yes, I know I should get a router and all that. I just can't
 FV> justify or afford to purchase one right now. Donations accepted. :)

yes, a router that can do port mapping (i prefer the term "port
relaying" instead) would go a long way... there are some pretty decent
ones available, so i hear... and not really all that expensive, AIR... i'm
guessing maybe $100US or less... linksys and dlink are ones that come to
mind...

 FV> So, with the history of the system out of the way, what were
 FV> we talking about again?? :-))

hehehe, the java-telnet client and accessing telnetable bbs' with it...

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