????? on Routers

[John]

I was told that if I have a router I do not need a firewall. I'm running
Zonealarm right now.

If its true would the same apply to a wireless router.

My sister moved in with me for awhile and she's got a note book.

If so ... are there any preferences out there. I know less then nothing about
routers & wireless.

John

[Gerald Ross]

I have both a router and ZoneAlarm. It occasionally still notifies me
that it has blocked another computer trying to access mine. I like it
because it also allows me to control OUTGOING traffic.

John wrote:
> I was told that if I have a router I do not need a firewall. I'm running
> Zonealarm right now.
>
> If its true would the same apply to a wireless router.
>
> My sister moved in with me for awhile and she's got a note book.
>
> If so ... are there any preferences out there. I know less then nothing about
> routers & wireless.
>
> John

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[Sharon F]

On Tue, 11 May 2004 08:47:22 -0700, John wrote:

> I was told that if I have a router I do not need a firewall. I'm running
> Zonealarm right now.
>
> If its true would the same apply to a wireless router.
>
> My sister moved in with me for awhile and she's got a note book.
>
> If so ... are there any preferences out there. I know less then nothing about
> routers & wireless.
>
> John

If the router has firewall capabilities. Not all of them do. NOTE: Most
routers (broadband routers included) monitor incoming only. If you want to
keep an eye on outgoing traffic, configure a third party firewall to
monitor that traffic.

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Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User