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<p>On 2018-10-24 12:27, Johan Helsingius wrote:</p>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace">So according to those definitions, my home is on the internet, but<br /> individual devices (apart from the access router) only have access<br /> to the internet.</div>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace">In most cases, yes.</div>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace">I.e., Yes if your router has a real IP address on the public side; no if not (in that case, even your router might only just have Internet access).</div>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace">I.e., a single device inside your house might be considered to have full access if your access device is configured as a bridge and if your ISP gives out real IP addresses.</div>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace">The case where your access router is a NAT and you setup a DMZ to a single private-side device is more subtle; some might claim it is on the Internet but I would say only "Internet access" because even the NAT + DMZ might fail in some ways a direct connection wouldn't.</div>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace">Joe</div>
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