Re: Router/Firewall trusted or not

From: Arthur Hagen (art_at_broomstick.com)
Date: 02/08/05


Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 22:50:53 -0500

optikl <optikl@com_invalid_cast.net> wrote:
> David Sanders wrote:
>> I have a netgear router/firewall with several pc on a local network.
>> Each pc has a software firewall as well. Does the ip address of the
>> router go into the "trusted" zone of the software firewall or does
>> it go into the "untrusted" zone?
>
> If you want to share files, then you should add
> 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0 as a trusted address. If you're just sharing
> an internet connection, then you don't need to add it.

Don't presume that the previous poster uses 192.168.0.0/24 for his LAN.

-- 
*Art


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