Re: how's this comcast product

dude_at_h.com
Date: 03/09/04 

Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 00:02:29 -0800

On Mon, 08 Mar 2004 22:26:30 GMT, Leythos <void@nowhere.com> wrote:

>Yea, it's just a common NAT router with SPI. While the new marketing
>lingo is to call anything with NAT or NAT+SPI a firewall, it's not
>really a firewall.
>
>Don't get me wrong, it will do a lot to protect your computer from
>uninvited intrusions (except the wireless side) in it's default
>configuration, I used one for years.
>
>The wireless side will have to be properly configured and locked down in
>order to prevent anyone around you from getting into your network.
>
>It's nice to see CISCO change the color - Linksys, which was bought by
>CISCO use to be Blue and Gray - CISCO has always been black.
>
>For what it's worth - The new Firmware updates for some of the Linksys
>units are now branded with the CISCO logo.

hi there. that's what i was hoping. that it would provide adequate
proection. i do have windows xp firewall enabled as well as i haven't
found good reviews on a decent software firewall yet.

another route that i was considering was the motorola sb5100 modem
from comcast with the Zyxel
http://www.us.zyxel.com/products/model.php?indexcate=1044940680&indexFlagvalue=1021873683

however then i'd need a router without nat and spi, some cheap one.

then, i'd need someone to setup the Zyxel Zywal 2x for me as i don't
know of anyone that can do it.

Or I could keep the Comcast Linksys i have and ask comcast about
disabling the nat and spi so that i could hook up the Zywal 2x. how's
this last choice sound?

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