Re: Firewalls and Wireless Routers

From: NoWaySpammers (davecrispy_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 21:57:45 +0100

Sorry - Lost me there - What is a NAT system?

Thanks

"Leythos" <void@nowhere.lan> wrote in message
news:MPG.1c3e34607f0c3ef6989db4@news-server.columbus.rr.com...
> In article <ObBaEDr7EHA.2180@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>,
> davecrispy@hotmail.com says...
>> If I have a wireless router installed and working and configured with a
>> WEP
>> firewall.
>>
>> The question is - can I safely stop using the built in firewall with
>> Windows
>> XP Pro SP2 and rely on the one in the router?
>>
>> Seems a bit silly having a firewall in the router and on both the desktop
>> and laptop!
>
> If you have a wireless router I would guess that it's not actually got a
> firewall, just NAT, so you don't really have a firewall - none of the
> home user units are really firewalls, just nice little NAT systems.
>
> Since the XP SP2 firewall is really open to being improperly configured
> you're not doing much with it that isn't already being handled by the
> NAT box. If you want to have a firewall, either purchase something like
> the WatchGuard Firebox SOHO unit or install something like ZoneAlarm.
>
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