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Old 16-01-2008, 15:32   #3
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Re: Hardware Firewall

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Originally Posted by Aragorn View Post
Assuming you will be putting the firewall between router and wired PCs then yes, the wireless will be unprotected - although don't forget the Linksys will have a NAT firewall anyway.
If you want to actually block anything, you might want to set the firewall IP as a DMZ in the linksys - so that the linksys doesn't filter out the crap before it gets to the firewall!
That's were I thought it should go...at least normally that's how it would get setup:

Internet > Router > Firewall > PC's

I want to lean stuff like packet filtering - routing specific ports to <where ever> etc...

The Linksys is a bit limited in what it can do as a firewall.
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