Disabling XP firewall

4 Apr 2005 2:51 PM

Geoff

I have a 3Com ADSL modem wireless router with a built in firewall, I'm
having problems in that since I upgraded the firmware I keep getting kicked
off my internet connection. 3Com support have suggested disabling my
'software firewall' and trying that. I assume they mean XP's firewall.
Is it sufficient to reply simply on the router's firewall without bothering
with XP's firewall? I'm a little concerned at disabling XP's firewall.
Thanks

4 Apr 2005 7:06 PM

Luap

Geoff wrote:

> I have a 3Com ADSL modem wireless router with a built in firewall, I'm
> having problems in that since I upgraded the firmware I keep getting kicked
> off my internet connection. 3Com support have suggested disabling my
> 'software firewall' and trying that. I assume they mean XP's firewall.
> Is it sufficient to reply simply on the router's firewall without bothering
> with XP's firewall? I'm a little concerned at disabling XP's firewall.
> Thanks
>
>

Aside from the fact that we are virtually forced to use Windows, I
wouldn't trust Micro$oft products one bit. Junk the Firewall and
download Zonealarm (Zonelabs.com). Also think about getting Mozilla's
excellent Firefox and Thunderbird (Mozilla.org).
Lua

5 Apr 2005 2:16 PM

Brian McMullen

Firefox isn't the end-all to internet browsing, it has security flaws just
like IE. firefox just hasn't been out long enough for the codemonkeys to
compromise it.
http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/holes/story/0,10801,100060,00.html

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"Luap" <l***@luapInc.com> wrote in message news:42518240_4@x-privat.org...
> Geoff wrote:
>> I have a 3Com ADSL modem wireless router with a built in firewall, I'm
>> having problems in that since I upgraded the firmware I keep getting
>> kicked off my internet connection. 3Com support have suggested disabling
>> my 'software firewall' and trying that. I assume they mean XP's firewall.
>> Is it sufficient to reply simply on the router's firewall without
>> bothering with XP's firewall? I'm a little concerned at disabling XP's
>> firewall.
>> Thanks
>
> Aside from the fact that we are virtually forced to use Windows, I
> wouldn't trust Micro$oft products one bit. Junk the Firewall and download
> Zonealarm (Zonelabs.com). Also think about getting Mozilla's excellent
> Firefox and Thunderbird (Mozilla.org).
> Lua