so here's a question about the viruses. does a router with a natural firewall built in help out at all? i'm on cable and i run a 4 port router, even though i only have one computer on it, and i only use the router for the firewall protection, just to keep the hackers out. but since my IP address stops at the router and my machine gets a different IP address, because the router gives it an IP address like it's on a network, does this help out at all in the stopping of spreading any viruses?
if i am wrong in any of this, please correct me. i was told that what is seen from the outside is one IP address, and if i was running 4 computers off of the router, only the one IP address assigned to me by the cable company would be seen on the 'outside' using basic means to see it. of course, they could use some programs to see there are more machines on the network if they really wanted to, but that'd start being an invasion of privacy at a certain point. like i said, if i'm wrong, correct me. please. Mike
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