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440GTX
Veteran
Location: Calgary, Canada

Is the firewall that comes with Windoze XP Home Edition any good for home use ?
Thanks in advance

Fred..

01-31-2004 Over year old.

Drunk Monk
rrProfessor
Location: Preston, UK

Well it works and it's free, so that's a good start. You can't beat a hardware firewall but you have to pay for those so it's the next best thing

Stephen

I only open my mouth to change feet.....

01-31-2004 Over year old.

BladeRunner
Elite Veteran
Location: Ontario Canada. Member of "some sort" s

What would be a good hardware firewall to get?? I use the XP home firewall and it's not bad..from what I can tell......Could use a more informed opinion on the subject......more than mine that is......

01-31-2004 Over year old.

Ted Toth
Elite Veteran
Location: Myrtle Beach S.C.

I have a Linksys wireless-G 2.4GHz broadband router to use
my laptop any where in the house is fast and a firewall also

You don't stop laughing because you grow old, you grow old because you stopped laughing.

01-31-2004 Over year old.

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BladeRunner
Elite Veteran
Location: Ontario Canada. Member of "some sort" s

Thanks for the reply, I saw a show recently that was showing how easy it is to monitor a wireless system from outside of a building and capture info......is this a possibility with all wireless routers??? And what is the range on this type of system?...

01-31-2004 Over year old.

440GTX
Veteran
Location: Calgary, Canada

Firewalls

I installed the Home XP firewall
According to
http://scan.sygate.com/
The XP firewall is working.

Fred..

01-31-2004 Over year old.

Jim C
Veteran
Location: Indiana, PA

zonealarm is a good one too zone alarm (free)

http://jimsrc.com

01-31-2004 Over year old.

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Ted Toth
Elite Veteran
Location: Myrtle Beach S.C.

BladeRunner
If you wanted hardware firewall vs. a software firewall, and have
security issues with a wireless, go with a hardwire router

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01-31-2004 Over year old.

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BladeRunner
Elite Veteran
Location: Ontario Canada. Member of "some sort" s

Thanks Ted, I'm on dail -up......

VERY painful as far as speed goes, (high speed not available here). I live in a tree in the local park......

So, I'm not sure if any router would be an advantage for me.......

01-31-2004 Over year old.

cannonfoo
Heliman
Location: Hampton, VA

im hidden behind checkpoint and winxp firewall, you cant even ping my computer

01-31-2004 Over year old.

BladeRunner
Elite Veteran
Location: Ontario Canada. Member of "some sort" s

I tried that link to sygate that 440GTX posted...(thanks 440) and it says that all it could get from my PC was a public IP address, it couldn't get my PC's name, or anything else......guess my firewall is working as well.....unless that link put some nefarious program on my hard drive....

........I think NOT!!......

01-31-2004 Over year old.

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