>I was trying to find a way to access my POP mail accounts from >behind a firewall. >I could do this from my PC by setting the IP address of the firewall >as the default gateway (router), but there seemed no way to make the >same settings on my Powerbook in OS X/Jaguar. > >The generous help from this List has enabled me - as a Unix newbie - >to use the Unix commands in Terminal to set the router address to >the firewall IP address, and now I am able to access my POP mail >accounts through the firewall.... > >Quite impressive. > >I used: > > % sudo route delete default > % sudo route add default <ip address of firewall> > >As with everything, easy when you know how. Thank you for sharing >your knowledge. >It has really been very helpful. > Well done Trevor - We'll have you growing your hair long, wearing sandals to work and eating granola yet. (Tired old stereotype of crusty Unix geek for those who've never met one ;-)) Paul --