Changing external ip
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Changing external ip
I'm running a firewall instead of a router (and yes they are two different things, a firewall cannot route). I have serveral IP's and the network disovery will fine the WAN port (that ip has my VPN office connection on it). I would like to change the external ip to another on that i have in my ip block and can't find a way to do that. Is there a config file that I can change this setting with and if so how would I keep it from being over written when I open the companion program.
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In the Companion Services settings app (on the PC), click on Advanced -> Network. Change the external IP and port number to whatever you like. Then, tell the Companion app on the phone/tablet to re-scan for computers. It will get the new IP.
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The config tool does not give you an option to change the external IP address. It picks the external IP address that Internet traffic is being routed through at that moment.
The solution is to delete the device entry in Companion App (on your mobile device) and create a manual entry with the external IP address you want to use.
The solution is to delete the device entry in Companion App (on your mobile device) and create a manual entry with the external IP address you want to use.
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Ah, sorry. I didn't notice that the external IP was not editable in the config tool.
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Someone needs to go back and do some remedial reading about firewalls and what they are capable of doing....
You are in fact routing traffic. You just aren't always making the decision about how to route the traffic at layer 3. You are in some cases doing that at a higher layer in the OSI model.
You are in fact routing traffic. You just aren't always making the decision about how to route the traffic at layer 3. You are in some cases doing that at a higher layer in the OSI model.
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I wasn't going to say it.Venom51 wrote:Someone needs to go back and do some remedial reading about firewalls and what they are capable of doing....
You are in fact routing traffic. You just aren't always making the decision about how to route the traffic at layer 3. You are in some cases doing that at a higher layer in the OSI model.
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I'd rather have him go back and rethink it than to run around misinformed.barnabas1969 wrote:I wasn't going to say it.Venom51 wrote:Someone needs to go back and do some remedial reading about firewalls and what they are capable of doing....
You are in fact routing traffic. You just aren't always making the decision about how to route the traffic at layer 3. You are in some cases doing that at a higher layer in the OSI model.
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Another solution would be to limit outgoing WAN Internet traffic to the appropriate IP\port with the exception of your VPN traffic.
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Not sure why I included that but I guess I will finish the statement. "A firewall cannot route between networks".Venom51 wrote:I'd rather have him go back and rethink it than to run around misinformed.barnabas1969 wrote:I wasn't going to say it.Venom51 wrote:Someone needs to go back and do some remedial reading about firewalls and what they are capable of doing....
You are in fact routing traffic. You just aren't always making the decision about how to route the traffic at layer 3. You are in some cases doing that at a higher layer in the OSI model.
A router transports data between networks; a firewall screens data that is to be sent across a network.
Read more: Difference Between Router and Firewall | Difference Between | Router vs Firewall http://www.differencebetween.net/techno ... z27u1RGFar
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And the Earth is flat. Read more:
http://www.theflatearthsociety.org
My point being that you can't believe everything you read on the Internet. You don't know anything about the qualifications of the person who wrote that article. His first sentence is wrong, and someone even posted a comment about it.
http://www.theflatearthsociety.org
My point being that you can't believe everything you read on the Internet. You don't know anything about the qualifications of the person who wrote that article. His first sentence is wrong, and someone even posted a comment about it.
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Some/most(?) routers have a hardware firewall bult in, perhaps that's where the confusion lies.
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That's true only when you're talking about consumer-grade routers that are intended for use in a home or small business.mcewinter wrote:Some/most(?) routers have a hardware firewall bult in, perhaps that's where the confusion lies.
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I was able to do what I was wanting to do with just a inbound firewall rule. I found out that the companion program wasn't really using the external IP that is displayed in the settings, it only picked up the WAN port IP. So all I did was use one of my other external IP's and mapped it to the internal ip of the computer running companion allowing the port. I then had to manually change the external port in the app because it can not use the IP that is displayed in the companion settings.