Re: How well does the Windows Vista Firewall work?


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Chris S. wrote:

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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

In both there is a section called, of all things, "Firewall" with two choices: enable or disable.

Alias

So they made a menu item called "Firewall". All of the features and
functions under that menu item are available in about every $20+
consumer grade routers. Noticed that that particular model has
been discontinued as well. Where is the default password "blank"
mentioned?. The "little instruction book" should perhaps be tossed and
the full manual downloaded from the Edimax Support site.

Chris

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