Linksys BEFSR41 Router Version3 & Windows XP firewall

Hi

I am trying to grasp what constitutes "security". I am using a Linksys
BEFSR41 Router Version 3 and Windows XP firewall and I have yet to figure
out what protection this gives me. Perhaps someone could spell it out for
me?

Thanks, Dwight

Re: Linksys BEFSR41 Router Version3 & Windows XP firewall

fj wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am trying to grasp what constitutes "security". I am using a Linksys
> BEFSR41 Router Version 3 and Windows XP firewall and I have yet to figure
> out what protection this gives me. Perhaps someone could spell it out for
> me?
>
> Thanks, Dwight

Well the linksys device provide NAT'ing to the internet which is good,
this means your internal IP address for your PC is not visible on the
internet and all incoming connections have to be inspected by the
router. The windows firewall would be good for you if for some reason a
rouge PC was able to get onto your network via wired or wirelessly it
would not be able to view your files **IF*** properly configured.

Re: Linksys BEFSR41 Router Version3 & Windows XP firewall

thanks

"Chad Mahoney" wrote in message
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>
> fj wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I am trying to grasp what constitutes "security". I am using a Linksys
>> BEFSR41 Router Version 3 and Windows XP firewall and I have yet to figure
>> out what protection this gives me. Perhaps someone could spell it out for
>> me?
>>
>> Thanks, Dwight
>
> Well the linksys device provide NAT'ing to the internet which is good,
> this means your internal IP address for your PC is not visible on the
> internet and all incoming connections have to be inspected by the
> router. The windows firewall would be good for you if for some reason a
> rouge PC was able to get onto your network via wired or wirelessly it
> would not be able to view your files **IF*** properly configured.
>