[Ti] gateway SET in Jaguar
Paul Russell
prussell at sonic.net
Mon Dec 15 22:27:39 PST 2003
>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
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