Problems yet again

[Curtis]

Repeat after me, Gallstaff:

"I will install a firewall. I will update my anti virus software."

Make it your mantra, or something. 🙂

 

[racketboy]

haha -- you have broadband and no firewall???

 

[gameboy900]

He likes living on the edge.

 

[Curtis]

Meh...it's just a guess on my behalf... 😉

 

[Gallstaff]

I'm a wild man. Once I wore two different socks.

Ok so which firewall program for free or for "free" would you guys reccomend?

 

[Curtis]

ZoneAlarm is good for basic stuff. You can upgrade to Pro later. Idealy, you'd be using a dedicated Linux box as a gateway with a "real" firewall.

I haven't tried any of these, but you might find something of use. Smoothwall looks nice.

 

[gameboy900]

Apparently if you live in the US you can pick up a Linksys router/firewall (like the one I use) for $40 after the in store rebate. A REALLY good deal. Personally a dedicated firewall would be even more ideal than a linux box because:

1. It's cheaper.

2. Smaller.

3. Takes like all of 5 minutes to setup.

4. Harder if not near impossible to hack.

5. Not prone to crashing for whatever reason.

 

[Curtis]

Yep. Listen to gameboy - sometimes the most obvious things slip my mind.

 

[mal]

Yeah a router is the way to go. :thumbs-up:

 

[Gallstaff]

I have a dlink router but I cant configure it because I cant access the settings for some reason.

 

[IBarracudaI]

could you give some details?

 

[Gallstaff]

Like it tells me to enter the ip or whatever of the router into my web broser to acced the settings and I do that but it just comes up as a page cannot be displayed I cant access the web-based configuration but the router is functioning properly because my other computers are running fine off it and it's wireless goodness.

 

[mal]

I had that problem at first with my router.

I can't remember what I did to fix it though, sorry. :huh