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RE: [ecsl] DirecWay IP issue Mark Gilmore Wed, 12 Mar 2003 06:19:51 -0800

Wed, 12 Mar 2003 06:19:51 -0800

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Well slap me down!
This window DOES say I am indeed using a proxy.
But TOOLS/ADVANCED has "Use HTTP thru proxy connections" disabled
(which is what I had looked at before).
Most sorry for the tangent.
I disabled this and the browser still seems to work OK.
Now trying home.htm/etc ...

At 07:19 AM 3/12/2003 -0600, you wrote:

>Mark,
>
>Everything I can find online indicates that DirectWay uses a proxy server
>for browsers. Are you sure your browser is not set to use a proxy? This is
>the only thing that makes sense.
>
>In Internet Explorer, go to Tools, Internet Options. Click on the connection
>tab. Then click on LAN settings. Then click on Advanced.
>
>Anything there?
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark Gilmore [mailto:mark@markgilmore.net]
>Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 10:28 AM
>To: ecs-list@netbloc.com; ecs@omnipotencesoftware.com;
>mhardy@MBATechi.com; michaeldavid@brightlinemedia.com
>Subject: [ecsl] DirecWay IP issue
>
>
>Hi all,
>I could use some sage advice regarding the way my DirecWay
>ISP (2-way satelite) "assigns" socket IP addresses:
>
>EXAMPLE (IPs changed for security):
>
>On a REMOTE PC:
>          ECS is listening for HTTP requests at 206.147.33.66:89
>          (as listed in IPS.HTM).
>
>On my LOCAL PC:
>          When I request 206.147.33.66:89/HOME.HTM, login, and request
>MAIN.HTM,
>          the REMOTE PC sees these IPs (as listed in main.log):
>                  HTTP-Req: 66.82.9.33 main.htm
>
>          So far so good.
>
>          Then when I request Page "A", the REMOTE PC sees these IPs
>                  HTTP-Req: 66.82.9.33 page.htm?Appliances        (SAME IP
>as that for main.htm)
>                  HTTP-Req: 66.82.208.1 Client New                (DIFFERENT
>IP)
>                  HTTP-Req: 66.82.208.1 Stream New                ( " )
>
>As you can see, my ISP is using a different IP for my JAVA
>socket connections from that used for HTTP connections.
>I first assumed it was assigning different IPs to different port "windows".
>So we assigned ports 88/87 to my JAVA connections.
>But this had no effect.
>
>Then I thought that they may be assigning a different IP to every
>connection.
>But all HTTP requests use the same IP (and my socket connections do as
>well).
>
>So I am left wondering how the ISP is detecting a difference
>btw an HTTP socket connections and JAVA connections.
>HOW DO THEY KNOW ??
>
>Thanks :-),
>
>Mark Gilmore
>http://OmnipotenceSoftware.com
>
>
>
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