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I'll second that on the LinkSys router. It basically makes your whole
intranet invisible from the outside. I use mine with a Comcast cable
modem. The only problem I've ever had was when I first signed up for
Comcast I had a lot of connection problems. Comcast customer support
would only talk to me if I was running a Windows machine directly on
the modem. So, I would have to disconnect the LinkSys, connect a Win
machine to the modem, turn everything off to reset the IP addresses,
then talk to Comcast. They finally did some magic to the modem
remotely, and it started working reliabily. I haven't had any further
problems in almost 3 years.
Bob W.
On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 20:53:14 -0400
Dale Rogers <dale.r@cox.net> wrote:
Jerry,
The answer is "yes", albeit the Mac is somewhat less vulnerable than a Win-tel machine. Before I went to a hardware firewall, I had a software firewall, and it showed regular attempts to access various IP ports at all hours of day or night. The nice thing about a hardware firewall - over a software one - is that you can share the connection with multiple computers in your household, but only a single IP address from your provider. Most software firewalls do this, but the machine with the software has to be on-line anytime one of the other boxes wants access. If you have only one computer, that's a non-issue. Be certain that you activate your on-board firewall ASAP, if you decide not to get a hardware unit.
Dale R.
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