Re: How well does the Windows Vista Firewall work?


"Alias" <aka@masked&anonymous.co.uk> wrote in message news:g6i7pm$l7q$1@xxxxxxxxxxx
Gary S. Terhune wrote:
Please substantiate your claim that routers come without the firewall enabled by default. Document one such model, from any manufacturer. If you have a list, so much the better. Heck, even if you can't find documentation, just name them and I'll go find out what's what, even if I have to track someone down on the phone and have them personally check.


Edimax BR 6104-K is the one I use and I have the same experience with numerous Conceptronic routers for starters. They also come with blank passwords. The little instruction booklet that comes with them gives instructions on how to access the router, create a password and enable the firewall.

Alias

The Edimax and Conceptronic routers seem to be made by the same
manufacturer. Their manuals contain essentially the same verbiage.
Both manuals note that the default user name and password are
"admin" and "1234". There is no "Firewall Enable" function per se.
Like all routers, "Firewall" functionality is in selectively allowing
or disallowing protocols and/or port access. A consumer class
router is just a router.

....Chris

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