nForce4 Firewall

Doing an overhaul on one of my systems and when I was installing the nForce4
drivers, it asked if I wanted to install the firewall? After a bit of
research, I've found that I actually have a hardware firewall built-in on
this Asus A8N-32 SLI Deluxe motherboard that I've never used - or even knew
about.

Google doesn't turn up much but maybe I'm not using the right terms (i.e.,
nforce4 firewall ) and the Asus site has some old press releases but nothing
up to date. The nForce drivers are the latest v6.86.

Anyone use this firewall or have any links that offer any up-to-date
opinions or other information?

Thanks,

Bob S.

Re: nForce4 Firewall

BobS wrote:
> Doing an overhaul on one of my systems and when I was installing the nForce4
> drivers, it asked if I wanted to install the firewall? After a bit of
> research, I've found that I actually have a hardware firewall built-in on
> this Asus A8N-32 SLI Deluxe motherboard that I've never used - or even knew
> about.
>
> Google doesn't turn up much but maybe I'm not using the right terms (i.e.,
> nforce4 firewall ) and the Asus site has some old press releases but nothing
> up to date. The nForce drivers are the latest v6.86.
>
> Anyone use this firewall or have any links that offer any up-to-date
> opinions or other information?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob S.
>
>
>
When I query under nforce4 firewall I get over 300,000 returns.

Wikipedia is far from an "ultimate source" but it does discuss some
shortcomings in the nvidia firewall. I have an Asus A8n premium mobo
and at the time I purchased it, the word on the street was the nvidia
firewall was a non-functional PITA that caused all kinds of software
conflicts.

Re: nForce4 Firewall

"SumGuy" wrote in message
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> When I query under nforce4 firewall I get over 300,000 returns.
>
> Wikipedia is far from an "ultimate source" but it does discuss some
> shortcomings in the nvidia firewall. I have an Asus A8n premium mobo and
> at the time I purchased it, the word on the street was the nvidia firewall
> was a non-functional PITA that caused all kinds of software conflicts.

Yep - I got 310,000 hits using that phrase without quotes and 813 with
quotes. Of those, I've looked at quite a few but its mostly dated 2004/2005
reviews, ng posts and such. This is more of a curious pursuit now because
I'm intrigued that Nvidia has nothing new to say about it and even the forum
references I find are 3 years old. But yet - they update it.

Obviously it's nothing to brag about then but since its their hardware, it
needs to be supported - good, bad or indifferent.

Thanks for your time and your reply,

Bob S.