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Thread ID: 45272 2004-05-16 20:53:00 Can anyone explain this? Wilky (776) Press F1
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237005 2004-05-16 20:53:00 Right, I've used a proxy for ages, being on a laptop connected to my other computer via a network cable, and the proxy just broke itself. I fiddle around with settings on the laptop and find that it has suddenly started acting like it has a direct connection to the internet! I can only surmise that this started happening when online gaming mysteriously started working as well. I've reconfigured everything to act like it's got a direct connection to the net and it works great! I don't have a router, I have an internal ADSL modem in the other computer.
What could be causing this? Especially cause I don't think I changed anything when it started working....
Wilky (776)
237006 2004-05-17 00:30:00 Sounds like it has found the ADSL modem in the other computer. There is no other path to the net. You could post your network configuration settings and that might give some clues, but I reckon your laptop is set to recognise the other computer as its gateway.

It is not all that mysterious though, I run 6 computers on line through one external ADSL modem, though to be fair, it is a router.

Cheers

Billy 8-{)
Billy T (70)
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