On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 08:26 -0800, Jordi wrote: > Thanks Greg, [...snip a whole lot of cruft that need not be paid attention to...]
Okay, let us start out with a fresh understanding. I finally found the proper documentation of the Thomson Speedtouch 530v6. Yes, this particular device is an ADSL Modem and Router with built-in hardware firewall. This means 2 things. First; If you have turned on the NAT and forwarded ports already, the firewall is working. Second; Unless you are paranoid you do not need a second firewall for most things. Okay, since your 530v6 has only one RJ45 and one USB port, it effectively doesn't do what you want. You have indicated you want wireless access, one access point typically supports many machines on wireless and you have 2 machines with wired requirements. A good solution for you would be to purchase a wireless access point with a built-in 4-8 port switch. Basically you could use a Linksys WRT54G and be in great company. They are relatively cheap and widely worked out. You can make it so that it only does basic networking without a second firewall, and not change your Speedtouch at all. Just plug in the Linysys into your speedtouch via the RJ45 and voila. The plug in you wired machines. Make sure you only use one DHCP server (the speedtouch or the Linksys) You would only have to configure you Wireless to be able to connect with your wifi enable machine. One thing you need to understand, even the best consumer grade firewalls odn't protect from e-mail virusesesesss, you will still need to use virus scanning on your Windows without fail. Also, once you have a setup like this, you can enable Samba and many other services with only a small amount of fear of problems. As long as you keep out the baddies with the firewall you re pretty well set. -- greg, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at the playfield. -- Thane Walkup -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
