"You might want to try "Network Magic" to set up and maintain your LAN.
www.networkmagic.com

I have been using it for a couple of years and have avoided a lot of
frustration.

Tom Mayer"

I, too, have been using Network Magic ever since I read about it on this 
list AND I got a free copy with my DLINK router (so that I knew that it 
was a legitimate product).   I purchased the 8-user version and am 
almost maxed out with my router, printer, computers,  and TIVO's 
connected.

However, a test by an anti-malware product (I think that it might have 
been the online Norton tester) showed that a large number of ports were 
open, thereby subjecting me to some exposure to malware.

I wonder if Network Magic is the cause of all these ports being open, or 
not?  I am not sure how to tell.  Nor am I sure if I close them, will 
Network Magic continue to work properly?  (I know almost nothing about 
networking.)

Dean Kukral 

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