Re: Newbie: (unwanted) incoming traffice on static DSL line

From: John Hyde (EJhyd_at_netscape.net)
Date: 11/22/05 

Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 17:12:16 -0800

on 11/20/2005 5:31 PM Leythos said the following:
> In article <1132535832.012814.258940@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
> regs@excedere.com says...
>
>>Group:
>>
>>I am a newbie when it comes to this - I have a static IP DSL line,
>>running Trend Micro's firewall and a wireless Linksys router (for
>>roaming about my office/house with laptops.) On the router setup page
>>there is a list of incoming traffic (a mile long) that lists IP
>>addresses from around the world. The question is: how do I stop this?
>>>>From what I know, this appears to be access to the router and not my
>>computer (I am assuming the firewall is protecting my computer--but you
>>know what happens when you ass/u/me!)
>>
>>Anyway if someone could point me to some help on the following:
>>a) how do I block the incoming traffic? (with the caveat that I
<SNIP>
>
> I hope you've secured your Wireless access - if not, most are in a
> default setup, which means that anyone near enough can access your
> network. Make sure that you read this:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/learnmore/bowman_
> 05february10.mspx
>
>

That link line wrapped for me and maybe for Regs. Try the short one:

http://tinyurl.com/56fc5