Fox,
There's no possible way, that I can see, for you to connect your router to
your internal modem without creating some kind of monster ; )
Maybe your ISP will trade you for an external modem.
You'll also need an ethernet card.
I can't forsee any conflicts with between the netgear and za, make sure that
the netgear is included in za's trusted zone. As far as ports are concerned,
you're referring to the netgear SPI? Block all inbound, allow only what you
need outbound: 80, 443, 110, 25...
http://kbserver.netgear.com/kb_web_files/n100495.asp
Regards,
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fox" <fox@ci.depoe-bay.or.us>
To: <firewalls@securityfocus.com>
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 11:53 PM
Subject: configuration
Hi,
I've just purchased a Netgear RP614 v2 recently for my home computer and
have no experience with external firewalls, so I have a couple of questions
that I hope aren't too naive for this forum.
First, I'd like to know if there's any way to connect a computer with an
internal modem. I have broadband, but my friend with dialup bought the same
router, because unfortunately I didn't realize it wasn't set up to work with
either type of connection.
Secondly, I'd like to know if there's any reason the router would conflict
with Zone Alarm, which I've been running for years and don't really want to
give up - at least not until I have a better idea of how well this piece
will work for me.
And lastly, how do I know which ports really need to have access, and
which ports will never need access? While I'm not overly technical, I don't
like letting programs and hardware decide what to do when - I like to
maintain as much control over the operation of everything in/on my computer,
so any help here is much appreciated.
Thanks!
Fox
