Re: Netgear RP114 question

From: Larry W4CSC (spaminator@knology.net)
Date: 05/22/02 

From: spaminator@knology.net (Larry W4CSC)
Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 05:06:35 GMT

On Tue, 21 May 2002 23:19:49 +0200, "Matt" <mattwed@NOSPAMhotmail.com>
wrote:

>Thanks for the reply! Thought I would ask around before I did something I
>would regret. :-)
>
>So in your opinion I'm perfectly OK with the settings the router came with
>(out of the box). No one's happier than me if I don't have to mess around
>with telnet and configure it.

Yes, the default works fine. When you boot it the first time, the
Wizard will run. You can rerun the Wizard on the webpage any time you
like. Get the computer's name, domain name (normally your isp.net or
isp.com) and the MAC address of the original computer's NIC Ethernet
card. Enter the computer name, domain name in the boxes of the Wizard
then on the last page, click up MAC spoofing and put 192.168.0.2 into
the IP box. The Netgear will go to the main computer on 0.2 IP and
get the MAC from its NIC automatically. The router then acts exactly
like the computer, itself. Cable can't tell the difference.....
>
>Another question...the log from my RP114 consist of only port 80 items,
>nothing else. Even after doing a security check at GRC there is no evidence
>of portscanning, just the port 80. Why's that? Shouldn't there be some
>evidence in the log? The log looks pretty much like this:
>
>112|Tue May 21 21:48:18 2002 |192.168.0.xx | FORWARD
> www.netgear.org
>113|Tue May 21 21:48:08 2002 |192.168.0.xx | FORWARD
> pages.infinit.net
>114|Tue May 21 21:47:54 2002 |192.168.0.xx | FORWARD
> www.practicallynetworked.com
>115|Tue May 21 21:47:54 2002 |192.168.0.xx | FORWARD

The log only logs things the router has ROUTED, not every nut that
tried to connect to port 12345 with his trojan scanner. You'll also
see, or should see, connects to comp.security.firewalls. I do, here.
I only get the log sent to me once a week, just to see if it's
working. It only contains the last day's log, not the whole week.
You'll soon learn to turn it off and let the NAT in the router do its
job....(c; The router doesn't FUDware you to death with reporting
every ICMP packet alarm....

I've had a few routers. The Netgear is the best one I ever found,
even if it's dirt cheap! Works great!

Larry

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