How to hide my computers direct connection to the internet without a router?

MY ERROR MESSAGE:



---------%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;You must have a local router between you and the internet to run THIS Software. It seems that your IP Address *********** is a direct connection to the internet. Either disable this connection, or place a router between it and the Internet... %26lt;------



Please explain what this means - I have a desktop and dont want to buy a router but I will because I need to use this software. Any ideas of how I can fix the problem without purchasing a router?How to hide my computers direct connection to the internet without a router?
what program are you running? that seems odd



you can do a google search for software that will mask your IP, you can try changing it to 192.168.1.100 or something similar and it *may* trick the software, but doubt it.How to hide my computers direct connection to the internet without a router?
you can change your IP address to 192.168.1.100 - and it will think its behind a router (presumably). Do this will prevent you from getting on the internet, so you'll have to change it when you want to surf.



Or you can buy a router and plug your internet connection into it and then plug your PC into it.



Tell us the software and we might know ways to fix it.
Getting a router is your best bet, you can also try using Zone Alarm firewall, this is a software only firewall so this may not help but you can try it
Your router moves one bit of info to another internet transporter before launching the signal.



You must have a router because its the only item that contains a data transporter.



This is the easiest i can explain it.



Other than that, stop using windows and start using

knoppix
May I ask what software? This is a somewhat odd problem to have.... If you don't wish for everyone to see the software, you can IM me at synfulvisions on Yahoo or email me at rob@unerror.com
The name/type of software would really help, but I'm guessing what is probably happening is that you have cable Internet. Some/most of Cable Internet providers' modems hand out a public IP address to your PC in order to enable it to access the Internet. I'm guessing the software you're using, needs your PC to have a private IP address 192.168.xxx.xxx. DSL does this, but it's probably easier to buy/install a router, rather than switch ISP's. But again, the name/type of software would really help shed some light on this...
There are two general types of IP addresses, public and private.



Public IP addresses are addresses predefined as public and these are ';routeable'; meaning that routers will transfer them upstream to other routers and get them to their ultimate location. Remember the internet is a maize of routers and connections so if an IP is Public it is routeable and out it goes.



Private IP addresses are not routeable. Routers will NOT transfer that IP address upstream. In fact, they will transfer that IP to the router's public WAN IP address (called Network Address Translation or NAT) and send it out if it needs to go out.



Private IP addresses include the commonly seen 192.168.x.y format (where x and y both range from 0 - 255) as well as other Private IP addresses.



When you connect a pc to a network that has a router or other DHCP server, the pc is given a private non-routeable IP address when the pc's LAN port is set to obtain an IP automatically.



When you connect a pc to a modem (DSL or Cable TV, or any other dynamic public IP address ethernet device), and the pc LAN port is set to obtain an IP address automatically, it will receive the dynamic IP from the ISP. This is a public, routeable IP address.



Apparently you have only 1 pc at your location. Also, I suspect you need to get to the Internet with this software or it would not be so concerned about the public IP and the lack of a router. If you had 2 or more pcs you could set up Internet Connection Sharing. This is a lot of work (you need a second Network Card, separate IP subnets, a fair amount of configuration, etc) and a router is probably easier to use.



You may want to carefully examine your software and see if you can change the set up to permit you to use it with an Internet connection that provides a dynamic IP address. There may be an option but I suspect not.