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Old 16-01-2008, 18:31   #8
LSainsbury
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Re: Hardware Firewall

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Originally Posted by Mr_love_monkey View Post
ah, ok - the original firebox 2 & 3's had standalone programs for configuring, so without the software you couldn't even start it up properly.
I believe with some of them you have a system manager which allows you to control / config lots of them - like a management console.

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Originally Posted by LSainsbury View Post
I currently have a Linksys wifi ADSL router, so if I put the firewall on my network, the wi-fi would be protected would it as it would physically bypass the hardware firewall....unless I'm missing a trick...?
Ooops - should have read before posting...there was a large typo which changed the entire context of the question! It should have read:

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Originally Posted by LSainsbury View Post
I currently have a Linksys wifi ADSL router, so if I put the firewall on my network, would the wi-fi be protected as well, as the firewall would physically be bypassed as it's further down the chain? Unless I'm missing a trick...?

But even so - you got the gist of the question!
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