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| Thread ID: 136695 | 2014-04-02 22:14:00 | Free Firewall recommendations | Billy T (70) | Press F1 |
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| 1371830 | 2014-04-03 10:15:00 | The 504G doesn't even support ADSL2, scrap it it's past it's prime. | Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1371831 | 2014-04-03 11:22:00 | Just interested to know on a slightly related matter... if I access the Internet by tethering my mobile wirelessly to my pc, do I need any extra firewall to what's built into Win 8.1? | Greg (193) | ||
| 1371832 | 2014-04-03 20:15:00 | Just interested to know on a slightly related matter... if I access the Internet by tethering my mobile wirelessly to my pc, do I need any extra firewall to what's built into Win 8.1? Depends on your level of paranoia. |
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| 1371833 | 2014-04-03 20:47:00 | Technically the Cellphone does the NAT, which is the same as your bog standard DSL router, so you'd only really want one to stop outgoing stuff. | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1371834 | 2014-04-04 04:48:00 | The 504G doesn't even support ADSL2, scrap it it's past it's prime. Old perhaps, but not entirely past its prime, yet.:D I've repaired the power supply (took about 15 minutes) and the Router (add another 30) and I'm going to try it again. At present the Thomson is giving me download speeds between 4 & 6Mb, and 800-900kb upload. That is not noticeably faster than the D-Link. I will buy a new router in due course but I'll do some research first to make sure it is not a drama to set up and run. For some reason the Thomson seems to have killed my wife's Gmail logon, it was OK yesterday and NBG today. There were two or three other consequential interventions and failures, but nothing that didn't fix itself or I couldn't rectify. For example I couldn't forward an email from Xtra to Gmail for some time, it popped up some error messages, then somehow or other the error message went away and all was sweet. Before anybody asks, yes, my adsl incoming is on a dedicated line with a proper Telecom filter/splitter at the point of entry and a separate adsl feed all the way to a terminal box in my office (a proper job, not a half-arsed lashup) and the incoming is shared only with my business phone line. Recommendations for a new router that offers a sweatless plug and play upgrade would be appreciated and acted upon in due course. Cheers Billy 8-{) :) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1371835 | 2014-04-04 11:10:00 | DrayTek DV2760n is your friend then :) No dramas! Coz you're with Telecom I don't even think you have to set the VCI / VPI, they're pre-set for NZ, and Telecom do port-based authentication so no username / password required... Just plug it in and you're away laughing! | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
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