XP firewall - useful or not?

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If I am accessing the Internet through a Netgear MR8914 (thats Blueyonders
version of the MR814)
Seeing as it has firewall protection built in, is there any advantage either
way with using MS XP pro firewall.
Thanks
David

 

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It is ALWAYS better to combine a hardware firewall with a software firewall.
They work in different ways. (Even if the software firewall works in only
one direction, like XP's does.)

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DaveW
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"DCA" <dca860MAPS@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> If I am accessing the Internet through a Netgear MR8914 (thats Blueyonders
> version of the MR814)
> Seeing as it has firewall protection built in, is there any advantage
> either way with using MS XP pro firewall.
> Thanks
> David
>