Ann,

I don't use any hardware routers so don't know how to set them up. I
understand that if they are set up right they provide excellent protection.
You should follow the manufacturers instructions precisely. Maybe someone
experienced can help you further with the setup.

Regarding Black Ice. Black Ice is not an effective firewall. All it does is
report attacks but does not really block well. In fact it may not block at
all. Zone Alarm should be all you need.

J. Dent

At 03:55 PM 5/20/2004, you wrote:
>Thank you John.  I appreciate the information.  When I visited a site to
>test my firewall protection ( http://grc.com/default.htm ), ZoneAlarm
>did indeed block well.  However, when I turned off ZoneAlarm, my
>hardware firewall (yes, expensive - Linksys Cable/Dsl Firewall/Router)
>allowed the site to breach the firewall.
>
>I don't know how to set my hardware firewall to make it work better.  I
>know that some bad software can disable anti-virus and software
>firewalls, so I would like my hardware firewall to be working properly.
>Do you know how I can change the settings?
>
>BTW, the site mentioned above said that BlackIce Firewall did a poor job
>and that they had tried to get around the testing at the above site with
>code several times, without actually improving the program.
>
>Thank you again, John, for your help,
>-Ann Fennell
>
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