File Sharing using a Router

[axlman]

Ok, I have a small in home network in my house so I can share the internet with my roomies. Now, what I am wondering is since my machine has 2 connections, one is a straight through, using my hub which of course spits out my real IP address out to the world. Now if I disable that connection and enable my router conncetion, it spits out a different IP addy to the internet. So what I am wondering is, is it just as easy to be tracked/found by the RIAA etc. using my router connection as it would be using my hub connection? or is it a bit safer to use my router since it does not spit out my real IP?

"AxlMan"

[cjules13]

your real IP and/or your router's IP will still be attached to your account with your ISP - who still knows it's you. Besides you have to open a bunch of ports already to use p2p with a router right anyway...

[axlman]

Damn Damn Damn!!!! I'm not worried about my ISP. But what else is there that can be done to kinda safeguard ourselves except the obvious>not downloading?!

Thanks for the reply's

[ccc1005]

Well you could try using MUTE, one of the new anonymous file-sharing networks, I've given it a try and sometimes you can find stuff you need on it. Still quite small network however so dont expect to find a lot.

[Siskabush]

Your 192.168.1.X address is the internal networks IP. It wont see the light of day on the internet.
Your real IP is always present on the net even if you use a router

[ducttapeBigSexy]

You can run Peer Guardian or Protowall on your computer - both will keep known IP ranges of the RIAA, etc., from connecting to your computer.

Peer Guardian: http://www.methlabs.org/
Protowall: http://bluetack.co.uk/pw.html

I've only used Peer Guardian, but I've heard Protowall works great too - the biggest difference is that Protowall runs as a service, Peer Guardian runs as a normal app.

[gamecock]

I use AnonX. It creaters an encrypted VPN connection between you and the AnonX servers. The external IP that shows up is thier IP, not your real IP. They keep no logs of IP address. The only info they store is username/password and a flag whether you've paid or not. (Paypal) Since the connection is encrypted, your ISP has no way to tell what kind of traffic this is. As far as they know, you are working from home on your company VPN.
The drawback to this is low ID on Emule and yellow light on BT. They have a solution in the works for that though. Soon, they will assign a unique IP to each VPN user and forward all traffic to your PC, solving that problem. And of course another drawback is that it cost 10 bucks a month.

[multi]

also your computer is identified by its mac address (http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid7_gci212506,00.html)