On 10/06/2014 12:34:42 PM, Lars E. Pettersson wrote:
> On 10/06/14 03:17, Tim wrote:
> > Just wondering, but would not specifying a gateway prevent most
> things
> > from accessing outside of a LAN?
> 
> Yes, that's right. If your computer does not have a default gateway,
> and 
> you wants to access a system not on your network, your system has no 
> idea where to send the data packets.
> 
> Lars

So, the question is, then, what's the gateway when the target is on the system 
that's generating the request.
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