Radio shack has linksys four port routers for sale, fairly cheap. The routers have a built in firewall. Why not purchase a router and put it between the broadband box and the computer?
Friday, June 11, 200411:14 PMAndy Arnoldandyarnold1 at mac.com >Maybe he has the second generation of Airport, how can we tell? > >He doesn't have any modem yet, he called Insight, they said their modem does >not have any firewall protection. Can he buy a third party one that has much >better protection? > >> The original Airport does not have the hardware firewall functions >> built into it. It does have a NAT server that can offer some protection >> against script kiddie attacks. >> If he is using OS-X, this does have software firewall protections, but >> it is better to add as many layers of protection as possible. >> >> Is he using the modem will most likely supplied by Insight or will he >> be using his own modem? >> >> >> Jerry >> >> The new Airport Express looks to be pretty decent ($129, 54 Mbs -- >> 802.11g, iTunes, err AirTunes streaming etc.) but is not as fully >> featured as a Airport Base Station. >> >> >> On Jun 11, 2004, at 2:28 PM, Andy Arnold wrote: >> >>> A friend is making the plunge into broadband through Insight. Does he >>> need >>> more than an (original) Airport to act as a firewall? I keep reading >>> that >>> the broadband modem should have a built in firewall... But can't >>> Airport >>> serve the same function? >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Andy >>> >>> >>> >>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>> | be June 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >>> >>> >> ----------------------------------- >> Someday, I will come up with a clever signature line. I am not sure if >> I will use it or not, but I will come up with one. >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be June 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > > > >| The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >| be June 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >| List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >| List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be June 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
