Steve, are you using the XP firewall? How is it
working for you? We're getting dsl Friday, and I'm
concerned about echolink and skype operation with a
dynamic i p address. Wonder if I'll have to do lots of
reconfiguring everytime our i p changes because we had
to go off line because of a t-storm or power failure?
--- Steve <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Tom,
>
> You don't necessarily need a firewall, as your
> Linksys router probably has a
> hardware firewall built in.
>
> Having said that, I do have a software firewall in
> addition to the firewall in
> my DLink router.  I do this because I don't trust
> the router to keep ports
> closed when not in use.
>
> AdAware is not a firewall program.  AdAware is a
> program which scans for, and
> hopefully, removes spyware which already exists on
> your computer.  There are
> also spyguard programs which function differently
> than AdAware in that their
> function is to prevent you from getting spyware in
> the first place.  In other
> words, they are proactive.
>
> HTH,
> Steve, K8SP
>




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