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More info?)
If you initiate the action (knowingly or unknowingly), the router's firewall
won't stop you. In general, a router won't protect you from yourself.
All it will do is prevent unsollicted connections that you (or your
computer) make from getting in unless you have explicitly allowed it in via
a port forward.
To see what port forwards you have created, goto the Base Station Management
Tool, then Security, then port forwarding.
--
Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP
Find out about the MS MVP Program -
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx
"AndrewJane" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:013301c42402$55aaadc0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Thanks, I'll try this when I get home. Is there something
> in the configuration of the base station that allowed all
> this junk to access my computer? I'm told that firewalls
> don't prevent spyware/adware from downloading to your
> computer.
> How do you find out if ports are open?
>
> Thanks again.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Can you open the page by going to (in your web browser)
>
http://192.168.2.1
> >(or whatever the LAN ip of your router is)?
> >
> >--
> >Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP
> >
> >Find out about the MS MVP Program -
> >http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx
> >
> >"AndrewJane" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> in message
> >news:013a01c423fe$f585d2b0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> >> It's completely greyed out as a selection from the menu
> >> in the Network Utility.
> >>
> >> Here's what's weird: It was working fine, I could
> access
> >> with my password and everything. Then, somehow, I was
> hit
> >> with a ton of adware/spyware, etc. and that's when
> >> suddenly I couldn't open the Base Station Management
> >> Tool. I see it on the menu but it's greyed out.
> >>
> >> Thanks for your help.
> >
> >
> >.
> >
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