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| 497822 | 2006-11-09 21:41:00 | Im looking for some recommendations about what firewall to get. I use a Telstra Clear cable connection (in Wellington) with the standard Motorola modem (which doesnt have a firewall). I currently use Zone Alarm which causes problems with the speed and stability of my PC. I need a firewall that allows me to access remotely via VPN and has reasonably good configuration so that I can open/close ports / block websites etc. I also need to connect up another PC to the internet. Q: given that Telstra Clear uses static IPs - how should I setup the second PC?? Thanks |
nz_nick (11421) | ||
| 497823 | 2006-11-09 23:14:00 | I presume that you're using Windows: ISS BlackIce | byte (11156) | ||
| 497824 | 2006-11-09 23:19:00 | yes (afraid so) - Perhaps I should have also said that I was looking for a hardware firewall.. | nz_nick (11421) | ||
| 497825 | 2006-11-09 23:52:00 | Just bust out an old P1 or equivalent and put Smoothwall or m0n0wall on it. You cant get any more configurable than Linux. | Pete O'Neil (6584) | ||
| 497826 | 2006-11-10 00:25:00 | M0n0wall. No contest. Minimum specs 66MHz 486, 64MB RAM, and 2 network cards. m0n0.ch | Erayd (23) | ||
| 497827 | 2006-11-10 00:38:00 | I'd recommend getting a cable/dsl router (not an adsl modem router) with several ports, to interpose between the cable modem and the computer. That way you will get Network Address Translation, and the IP address assigned to you from TCL will be hidden from the net. These routers also have hardware firewalls built in, and you will be able to set up a LAN for other computers to plug into. www.ascent.co.nz |
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