Harry, Please keep in mind there are different levels of firewall protection on different routers, if that matters. software vs. hardware, etc. Jeff
On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 10:18:45 -0400 "Harry Jacobson-Beyer" <harryjb at bellsouth.net> writes: > 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 Jeff Slyn, Owner SLYN Systems & Peripherals (502) 426-5469 serving Kentuckiana clients 7 days a week since 1985! ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! | 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>
