linksys wrt54g firewall

[chris_gibson69]

got a coupla questions!

the first was about the built in firewall on the linksys wrt54g. Is it any good? haha, pretty short q!

2nd is do i need a software firewall on all computers in the network? basically i have a desktop wired into router, and a laptop using a wireless adapter. the laptop uses zone alarm, but i have no software firewall on the desktop. do u suggest i use one. i was unsure about it, because i had to set the network settings in zone alarm to 'trusted' so i could share files as well, although the connection also shares the internet!

hope i'm making sense!

[JackMDS]

Welcome to the Forum.

May be this can Help.

Link: Basic Protection for Broadband Internet Installation. (http://www.ezlan.net/firewall.html)

Link to: Cable/DSL Routers - NAT & Ports. (http://www.ezlan.net/routers1.html)

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[lin tech]

--it would be better if you will not have any third party software in the computer because it might have a conflict with the firewall of the wrt54g. the router has a built-in firewall so basically there is nothing to worry about the firewall problem. it's automaticlly enabled on the router.:cool:
and the second effect for this is you may be connected but you will have a very slow connection:cool:

[Greenstead]

Chris

The answer to both your questions is yes. There is no conflict in doing this, and it protects from both external intrusion, and detects internal spyware/trojans.