From: Adam 

Rich wrote:

>    Yes you care confused.  Nothing needs to be turned on in Windows XP
> to take advantage of an internet gatewate device.  You do need to enable
> it on the router.  It is the client applications that may use this or
> not.  Why you don't want dynamic ports to be opened on demand and would
> prefer static ports to be opened always I don't know.  The static
> configuration leaves ports open longer and at fixed locations.
>
&? If there's nothing runing on a given port then where is the problem?

If there is then may that's coz you want people to be able to call you.

My phone has a static cnfiguration as well, the number never changes.



Adam

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