Re: Newbie Home Network/ADSL Router query.
From: jnitron (jnitron-nospam_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/17/05
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Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 01:30:58 +0100
On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 16:22:12 +0100, "Stephen P."
<stephen@nospamtla-net.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Today I have finally joined the 21st century and switched from ISDN to
>broadband. All appears to be running fine, access wise.
>
>I have a Windows XP SP2 machine and a Windows 98 machine (primarily used for
>backups), these are connected via a (ISP supplied and configured) Thomson
>SpeedTouch 510 Ethernet Switch/Router/Hub/whatever, this has an 'integrated
>firewall'. The machines connect to the router via DHCP using an IP address
>range supplied by my ISP.
>
>The XP machine is running Windows Firewall (although since I stopped using
>dial-up it has, worryingly, stopped appearing in the system tray) which is
>'On' and has ActiveSynch Application (my PDA), Connection Manager, File and
>Printer Sharing and SmartFTP as exceptions. Also under 'Network Connections'
>my 'Local Area Connection' is marked as firewalled. I think this seems
>secure?!?
>
>The Windows 98 machine has the freebie ZoneAlarm installed. However as there
>is only one connection - to the router - I don't seem to be able to win on
>whether to put this in the 'Trusted' or 'Internet' zone ;
>
>a.if in the trusted zone then my file sharing between the two computers
>works OK, but I am, presumably, less secure.
>b.if in the internet zone then my file sharing doesn't work - I cannot
>connect to the 98 machine from the XP machine.
>
>I'm sure this is a REALLY common problem, with an obvious answer, but I
>don't know what it is ! As I see it I can either;
>a.Trust that the Firewall on the router is doing it's thing and leave the
>network connection in the trusted zone. The Router Firewall would *appear*
>to be working as ZoneAlarm has only reports 3 blocked intrusions - all of
>which were me on the other PC. But one of our network people at work said I
>should definately also install a software firewall ...... unfortunately I'm
>on holiday all week, so can't ask him this one!
>or
>b.Add my IP range to the exceptions, but I'm unsure of the implications of
>this.
>or
>c.Turn off DHCP and hardwire the IP addresses of the 2 machines, albeit to
>numbers within the same range, and then put these into the exceptions
>instead.
>or
>d.Something else!!
>
>What is the correct solution? Many TIA.
>
>
Buy and setup a decent router - eg. Netgear DG834...easy to setup and
it will be completely under your control.
Set ZoneAlarm to trusted... the router will block filesharing to the
Internet(unless you configure the router to allow it). The router has
4 network ports so you can use as your network hub/switch.
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