-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Starting Wireless Network
- From: "Tempting2Taanzaa" <tempting2taanzaa@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 21:18:35 -0800
Ok, thanks for the input!
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:51:55 -0500
From: "T. Hunt" <ilrover@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Starting Wireless Network
I use Netgear and have worked with Belkin. Both seem to be OK. My
personal laptop PC card is a Netgear WG511 which I bought in a set with
a WGR614 v4 wireless router. The kit was a WGB511. It has worked well
and the router has a NAT firewall and SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection).
The wireless router is connected to the DMZ part of my Smoothwall
firewall. That, plus the fact that it has the built-in NAT firewall
gives minimal protection to the rest of the network. I have also
changed the default SSID and password, as well as restricting MAC
address use and enabled encryption.
You should always run a software firewall on each system connected to
the internet so as to know what is going and coming. In addition, the
NAT firewall will provide a basic barrier to your network from the outside.
I would not speak for all routers but I don't know of any that don't
include at least the NAT feature. If the product doesn't list the type
of firewall, assume it doesn't have one and move on.
Tom
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