software firewall with router?. I just bought a netgear router for my cable connection. Now that I have a hardware firewall on my broadband connection can I get rid of my Norton software firewall?. I just bought a netgear router for my cable connection. Now...

Hardware/Router Firewall Question?. What's the best brand/type of hardware firewall - I've been told to use a router, but I'm new to this networking stuff. I have Road runner. Is a hardware firewall better than a software (Zone Alarm) firewall? Thanks....

virus that may get thru. You can run a hardware firewall (router&firewall) and a software firewall (SP2's). "Peter" wrote in message news:Ohb0bcAJFHA.3332@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl... > Not wise to use two, they could conflict. Turn off Windows Firewall....

router as a hardware firewall automatically. Running an additional software firewall on each connected computer is always a good idea as an additional line of defense. See, I hate software based firewalls. I wish they could just be installed and boom, they...

Router a Firewall?. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin () If my internet connection goes to my Linknsys wireless router first, do I need the windows firewall enabled or a seperate firewall program to be running on either computer?....

firewall on your computer in most cases unless you are using Linux. Routers tend to block most traffic, apart from browser and SMTP (email). This makes them very safe so you shouldn't need a software firewall if you are using a router. Good guide on the...

computers so I have no networking needs. Any advice would be welcome! If you have only 1 PC then a software firewall (ZoneALarm or the inbuilt Windows firewall) is sufficient. Buying a router just for firewall is an overkill. I recommend adding routers for...

wrote: > what u mean by hardware firewall? > Is linksys router a hardware firewall? No, not really. It's a router with NAT (Network Address Translation.) If you use a router with NAT, it's still a very good idea to use a 3rd party software firewall....

firewall, like a router, protects against incoming. > It doesn't prevent outgoing; whereas a good software firewall will do > both. A router is NOT a firewall, you can't suggest that a ROUTER is a firewall. A hardware firewall WILL block outbound and...

Print Server. The Router [like most] includes a Firewall. Will I be > safe if I turn off the Norton software Firewall? Windows XP Sp2 firewall is not really protecting you from anything that the router NAT (which is not a firewall) isn't already protecting...