Help with D-Link Di-624 firewall please!!

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On 29 Dec 2004 18:20:15 -0800, tuxedofunny@yahoo.com (tuxedo) wrote:

>Hi,
>I just setup a DI-624 with default settings and 1 Laptop and 1 desktop
>working
>with ease.
>However, the firewall( if there is any in it) does not seem to be
>working (Or at least not as good as mine another router SMC2804wbrp-g
>???
>
>Symptoms:
>I intall ZoneAlarm free version on both machines and just 3 hours
>later I saw both had had about 10 attacks???
>But with SMC2804wbrp-g, 2 weeks after I installed ZoneAlarm on 3rd and
>4th machines, ZoneAlarm says 0 attack.
>
>Question:
>Do I have to manually enable BASIC Firewall in DI-624?and How?
>
>
>Thank you very much
>
>Tuxedo
Update your firmware to the latest version. I'm using a DI-624 REV C
and nothing is getting through to my software firewall.

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I have a DI-624 as well. The firewall is enabled by default and I don't
believe it can be disabled. Somewhere D-Link's website it says there is a
conflict with this router and software firewalls and that software firewalls
are not needed, shouldn't be used. This firewall uses NAT technology.
http://support.dlink.com/faq/view. [...] n=firewall

Check your attacks and see if it's your router trying to communicate with
your PC. 192.168.0.xxx might show in the attack detail. That's all
happening behind your router firewall.

If you update your firmware make sure you follow the directions and use a
ethernet cable when doing so. Apparently you can damage your hardware if
attempting this via wireless.

Not Fred.

"tuxedo" <tuxedofunny@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:cefb5a44.0412291820.6b83ea50@posting.google.com...
> Hi,
> I just setup a DI-624 with default settings and 1 Laptop and 1 desktop
> working
> with ease.
> However, the firewall( if there is any in it) does not seem to be
> working (Or at least not as good as mine another router SMC2804wbrp-g
> ???
>
> Symptoms:
> I intall ZoneAlarm free version on both machines and just 3 hours
> later I saw both had had about 10 attacks???
> But with SMC2804wbrp-g, 2 weeks after I installed ZoneAlarm on 3rd and
> 4th machines, ZoneAlarm says 0 attack.
>
> Question:
> Do I have to manually enable BASIC Firewall in DI-624?and How?
>
>
> Thank you very much
>
> Tuxedo

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On 29 Dec 2004 18:20:15 -0800, tuxedofunny@yahoo.com (tuxedo) wrote:

>I just setup a DI-624 with default settings and 1 Laptop and 1 desktop
>working
>with ease.
>However, the firewall( if there is any in it) does not seem to be
>working (Or at least not as good as mine another router SMC2804wbrp-g
>???
>
>Symptoms:
>I intall ZoneAlarm free version on both machines and just 3 hours
>later I saw both had had about 10 attacks???

10 attacks of what type? Originating from where? NETBIOS requests?
Since you just setup a new device that ZoneAlarm doesn't know about,
my guess(tm) is that ZoneAlarm is complaining about the normal
broadcasts coming from the router itself. Have you setup the LAN IP
block as a "trusted zone"? If you instead setup the PC's to be
individually trusted, did you do the same for the router? Where are
these 10 attacks coming from?

>But with SMC2804wbrp-g, 2 weeks after I installed ZoneAlarm on 3rd and
>4th machines, ZoneAlarm says 0 attack.

Again, it depends on the type of attacks and the settings on the
router.

>Question:
>Do I have to manually enable BASIC Firewall in DI-624?and How?

I don't think there are any configurable firewall options for the
DI-624. Methinks it best if you disclose the nature of these attacks
before blundering onward. With ZoneAlarm, I've learned that if I do
*NOT* see any "attacks", then something is broken. ZoneAlarm will
complain if anything changes.

Another possibility is Universal Plug-n-Play, which incidentally has
nothing to do with Windoze hardware Plug-n-Play. If enabled in the
router and on your PC, it automagically installs "holes" in your
firewall for the benifit of such programs as MicroSloth Messenger
(installed by default and a pain to disable). You might wanna disable
UPnP in the router, clear any redirected ports in the router, and
restart.

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