hi i have cable and wireless. the modem is netgear. i have my comp. hooked up with cable, 2 comps are wireless, 1 comp, 1 lap top. following this thread i was worried about firewalls, i see now that i am well protected. i have roadrunner, and they provided the netgear and ovislink usb adapter and ovislink lan pc card.... connie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bashful Bob" <Bashfulbob@xxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 12:09 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: computer security --- DON Sorry to hear about your router. WEP and WPA are not a firewall per say. It is a protection scheme. See my answer to Christy. Suggest you do a search on Google. I recommend for your consideration the Netgear wireless router which has 3 different types of firewalls and have a built in modem. They are more expensive then some and to me it was worth it getting the firewalls. As I remember you have cable so maybe the built in modem will not be for you.Since I have never used cable, I can not advise you if it will work or not. The other draw back is Netgear only gives a 90 day free service for troubleshooting and questions. You may want to down load the manual for this router and read over it. Here is the URL --- http://www.netgear.com/products/details/DG834G.php I have finals next week and after that I will try to be of help to you in the other area of your concern. No quarantines, but will try. Life is what happens in between plans. -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/