Kram Nonrev
04-06-2005, 20:41
Hi,
I am about to purchase a router to setup a network at home
- Linksys WRT54GSUK.
Looking at the forum so far it appears that I still need my SURFboard Modem and then need to connect this via Ethernet to the Router.
Does this mean my other Wired ethernet connections to the router are really protected by the SPI firewall built in or are they effectively Ethernet switched directly to the Surfboard ??
I ask this as something I have read says that the router should be the 'edge' machine running a Firewall that protects everthing else but this assumes the Internet connection coming in from something other than an Ethernet network connection.
Does this make any sense ?
Thx in advance
I am about to purchase a router to setup a network at home
- Linksys WRT54GSUK.
Looking at the forum so far it appears that I still need my SURFboard Modem and then need to connect this via Ethernet to the Router.
Does this mean my other Wired ethernet connections to the router are really protected by the SPI firewall built in or are they effectively Ethernet switched directly to the Surfboard ??
I ask this as something I have read says that the router should be the 'edge' machine running a Firewall that protects everthing else but this assumes the Internet connection coming in from something other than an Ethernet network connection.
Does this make any sense ?
Thx in advance