Re: Kerio Personal Firewall . . .

From: Alan Illeman (illemann_at_surfbest.net)
Date: 04/06/04 

Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 21:17:27 -0400

"Duane Arnold" <notme@notme.com> wrote in message
news:wITbc.72679$JO3.39934@attbi_s04...
[snip]
> >
> > It's a 'winmodem', in a PCI slot, not an external one. It's not "if the
OP
> > wants to use a router", this was your suggestion, not mine - but I'll go
> > along with it, if it is at all practical.
> >
> >
>
> I have never used a dial-up router, but I do use a cable router. However,
> thinking about this, it may be that the router is connected to the stand
> alone modem using a RS232 cable connection from the router to the modem.
> That's where the connection is made and not from the computer to the
modem.
> What's the point of having the computer with an internal or external
modem
> doing anything when it's the router that's suppose to have the Internet
> connection with the ability to share the Internet connection with all
> machines connected to the router?

In my case there is no "with all machines" as there is no LAN, just one
standalone computer. I guessing, but I would think that an internal
modem (or 'winmodem') would be faster processing data than an
external modem, as I don't suppose that there are many external
modems with a CPU running at 1 GHz and above - or even a router
with an internal CPU running at that speed. I could be wrong :-)

What surprises me, is that - if a router is such a good thing, placed
between an external modem and a computer - why hasn't someone
designed a winmodem/router PCI board?

If I use an external modem, can I get a router on a PCI card - in
the computer - that the external modem attaches to?

If I had a LAN, well yes: I would be interested in a router, used in
the traditional sense for routing traffic, and NAT would be an important
component, to hide IP addresses on the LAN from prying internet eyes.

Although, much as a router does implement primitive packet filtering
on incoming packets to determine the correct route, much more is
required for connections to the internet, no doubt in some form of
dynamic packet filtering or stateful inspection from the Network and
up to the Application layer - which I guess, can be a firewall.

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