Re: port requests

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From: Harry Broomhall
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 00:00

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On Wed, 10 May 2000 19:25:27 +0100, Fraser Stewart
<fraser@jlstewart.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>Is it true that the ADSL service offered by BT blocks incoming port
>requests?  If so then who do they expect to use it?

   Yes - they are using Network Address Translation AFAIK.

   As to who might want it - most people on the 'net wouldn't know
what NAT was if it hit them, or care.  They just want to surf.  And
NAT doesn't stop that.

   In addition I hear rumours of a 2 hour timeout of an IP address.

   How much of this will be true of the final service I can't say, as
we are still some way from having such a service in the UK.

   Regards,
        Harry.

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