router
 

Ive been having a lot of attacks that my sygate firewall has blocked (at least i think it has) but ive been running some online port scan tests and many of the tests said i am not protected well and a hacker could gain access to my pc easy.

Here is one of the tests i done..

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stephan...ortscanlog.htm

I am with NTL Broadband and I am with the 750k package. I have a NTL Home external cable modem 200. My friends who are all in the states and one is from holland all have routers which they say are basically hardware firewalls.

I have some security issues and I need to know do i need a router to fix these issues? Can NTL help me at all?

Re: router
 

:welcome: to CF

The link to your log doesn't work for me, but have you tried using the Shields up test on www.grc.com?

A software firewall, such as Sygate, should be usually sufficient to deter random attacks, unless you have specifically opened up ports.

A router would definitely improve your security as by default they include a 'NAT' firewall which rejects all incoming unsolicited traffic. Try looking for a Linksys BEFSR41 on ebay if you are not likely to need wireless. If you think you ever might want to go wireless, the Linksys WRT54G would be a good choice.

HTH

Re: router
 

I'm slightly confused, the IP address you are posting from is not even remotely ntl.