Firewall with Cable Modem?

[Bob Cunningham]

I have a book that tells me how to set up the XP
Firewall on an Internet connection. The instructions work
okay for dial-up, saying something like "Find the program
that actually does the dial-up operation and set it to
'Firewall'".

But I have cable modem, and I don't know what program to
look for to set to Firewall. (The cable modem is connected
through Ethernet, but I think I could change it to USB.)

Can someone please help me?

 

[JAX]

Go to the following link and download the free firewall from ZoneLab. You
will see a button at the top of the page. Disable the on-board firewall.
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp?lid=zadb_zadown

HTH, JAX

 

[Jim Macklin]

Find "My Network Places" right click on the appropriate
connection, select properties, then advanced.



|
| I have a book that tells me how to set up the XP
| Firewall on an Internet connection. The instructions work
| okay for dial-up, saying something like "Find the program
| that actually does the dial-up operation and set it to
| 'Firewall'".
|
| But I have cable modem, and I don't know what program to
| look for to set to Firewall. (The cable modem is
connected
| through Ethernet, but I think I could change it to USB.)
|
| Can someone please help me?
|

 

[Raoul]

Bob,

Since you're an earthlink user, go to their website and download the free
version of Zone Alarm.

HTH

 

[oneheli]

-----Original Message-----

I have a book that tells me how to set up the XP
Firewall on an Internet connection. The instructions work
okay for dial-up, saying something like "Find the program
that actually does the dial-up operation and set it to
'Firewall'".

But I have cable modem, and I don't know what program to
look for to set to Firewall. (The cable modem is connected
through Ethernet, but I think I could change it to USB.)

Can someone please help me?

.
Go to settings-control panel- network connections and

double click , click on properities and then advanced and
you should see the firewall.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

To enable/disable the built-in firewall, Start > Network
Connections > Right-click the connection > Properties > Advanced >
Protect my computer.....

HOW TO Enable or Disable Internet Connection Firewall in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q283673


Bruce Chambers
--
Help us help you:



You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH

 

[Bob Cunningham]

That seems to have done it.

Thank you. And thanks to others who have responded to my
question.

Another question: I've read somewhere that the firewall
that comes with Windows XP is considered inferior to others
for reasons that weren't specified. Can anyone tell me in
what ways it's supposed to be not so good as others?

 

[robin]

the xp firewall only stops bad traffic from coming into your computer but
allows all programs to go out.
xp firewall is good for someone who is on dialup and is not always
connected.
it is also good for those who are totally aware of what is out there, ie do
not open emails that might contain worms, use a good antivirus program and
keep it up to date, are totally paranoid and do not surf to sites they are
not sure of, etc etc.

On broadband you are always on. If a maliciouis program is on your computer
and wants to go out to the internet- it can through the xp firewall and send
back valuable info to its source. Using xp firewall it allows the program
to go out.

On dialup it can only go out when you are connected which is still bad but
at least you have a chance.

You should have xp firewall on all the time until you decide which firewall
program is right for you.
I use norton firewall 2003 and it works great for me. and i am on a cable
modem
I am on xp pro.

xp firewall is better than having nothing to protect you. It does pass all
the stealth tests so it does show your ports hidden and you can configure it
to open some ports if need be. It just doesn't take care of the "outs"

robin

 

[Malke]

That seems to have done it.

Thank you. And thanks to others who have responded to my
question.

Another question: I've read somewhere that the firewall
that comes with Windows XP is considered inferior to others
for reasons that weren't specified. Can anyone tell me in
what ways it's supposed to be not so good as others?

Simply, the XP firewall will work on keeping things out just like any
other firewall, but it doesn't check on what goes *out*, so if
something unwanted does get on the system, there is no stopping it from
"phoning home". Good firewalls which are free for personal use are the
ones from ZoneAlarm (www.zonealarm.com) and Sygate (www.sygate.com).
Here's the caveat - these firewalls will need some user response as the
firewalls "learn" what is permitted and what isn't. So it isn't
uncommon for a dialog to appear asking something like, "such-and-such a
program is trying to connect to 24.167.x.xx; do you want to allow
this?" and some users aren't able to deal with that. This isn't a
criticism of those users - you just have to know whether or not they
(or you) will be happy with that. I believe the Norton and McAfee
firewalls are more "home user friendly" and once configured, don't ask
as much, but since I don't use them I can't speak from personal
experience. The XP firewall doesn't require any user response.

HTH,

Malke

 

[Bob Cunningham]

Thanks for excellent answer to my question, and thanks to
one or three others who have supplied similar answers.

On broadband you are always on.

My cable modem has a large button on the front that toggles
between online and offline. When I think of it, which is
probably about half the time, I press it to go offline when
I don't need it online.

Sometimes when I download Usenet I hold my finger near the
button while it's downloading. This way I'm more likely to
remember to go offline when the download is finished.

(Readers in alt.usage.english, my usual hangout, would be
wondering about the antecedent of "it's" in the first
sentence in the above paragraph. Is it "Usenet", "finger",
or "button"?)

Some people I know who don't have an online-offline button
unplug the cable from the modem except when they
specifically want to be online.

Is there anything bad about doing these things, anything we
should all know about?

If a maliciouis program is on your computer
and wants to go out to the internet- it can through the xp firewall and send
back valuable info to its source. Using xp firewall it allows the program
to go out.

One of the inputs I've had here is that Earthlink
subscribers get Zone Alarm for free. I guess I should check
it out.

 

[Father Guido]

I use norton firewall 2003 and it works great for me. and i am on a
cable modem I am on xp pro.

Hi, I am also on a cable modem and use Norton Firewall 2003. I also
have a small network. I also have a h/w router (Linksys). I keep
seeing attacks from my internal IP Address on the router. Should I add
that IP address to the trusted list, or could some bad s/w take over
my PC and attack from this IP address?

Thanks,

Norm

 

[Rod Potter]

Bob: Definitely check out Zonealarm, it is great.

Thanks for excellent answer to my question, and thanks to
one or three others who have supplied similar answers.



My cable modem has a large button on the front that toggles
between online and offline. When I think of it, which is
probably about half the time, I press it to go offline when
I don't need it online.

Sometimes when I download Usenet I hold my finger near the
button while it's downloading. This way I'm more likely to
remember to go offline when the download is finished.

(Readers in alt.usage.english, my usual hangout, would be
wondering about the antecedent of "it's" in the first
sentence in the above paragraph. Is it "Usenet", "finger",
or "button"?)

Some people I know who don't have an online-offline button
unplug the cable from the modem except when they
specifically want to be online.

Is there anything bad about doing these things, anything we
should all know about?


One of the inputs I've had here is that Earthlink
subscribers get Zone Alarm for free. I guess I should check
it out.

 

[mark7]

You'd better consider Zone Alarm carefully. I too have advocated it for a long
time. But if you buy the Pro version, and do not renew it every year, when it
expires it gives you popups that'll drive you crazy trying to get you to renew it.
ZA says you can continue to use it without renewing, but what they don't tell
you is that there is absolutely no way to turn off those popups reminding you
to renew it. It's insane! I know, I asked them. My solution was to remove the
PRO version and use the ZA free version. The Pro version may be worth
renewing, but I won't, not with their cavalier, arrogant attitude.

 

[Bob Cunningham]

You'd better consider Zone Alarm carefully. I too have advocated it for a long
time. But if you buy the Pro version, and do not renew it every year, when it
expires it gives you popups that'll drive you crazy trying to get you to renew it.
ZA says you can continue to use it without renewing, but what they don't tell
you is that there is absolutely no way to turn off those popups reminding you
to renew it.

I guess maybe what you mean is that there's no way to turn
them off except for uninstalling Zone Alarm Pro.

It's insane! I know, I asked them. My solution was to remove the
PRO version and use the ZA free version.

So, did removing PRO stop the popups before you installed
the free version?

 

[NobodyMan]

On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 11:57:03 -0800, "mark7"

You'd better consider Zone Alarm carefully. I too have advocated it for a long
time. But if you buy the Pro version, and do not renew it every year, when it
expires it gives you popups that'll drive you crazy trying to get you to renew it.
ZA says you can continue to use it without renewing, but what they don't tell
you is that there is absolutely no way to turn off those popups reminding you
to renew it. It's insane! I know, I asked them. My solution was to remove the
PRO version and use the ZA free version. The Pro version may be worth
renewing, but I won't, not with their cavalier, arrogant attitude

Strange. I've had the Pro version, fully registered, for more than a
year and have never been bothered by said pop-ups.

 

[Bob Cunningham]

]

You'd better consider Zone Alarm carefully. I too have advocated it for a long
time. But if you buy the Pro version, and do not renew it every year, when it
expires it gives you popups that'll drive you crazy trying to get you to renew it.
ZA says you can continue to use it without renewing, but what they don't tell
you is that there is absolutely no way to turn off those popups reminding you
to renew it. It's insane! I know, I asked them. My solution was to remove the
PRO version and use the ZA free version. The Pro version may be worth
renewing, but I won't, not with their cavalier, arrogant attitude

Strange. I've had the Pro version, fully registered, for more than a
year and have never been bothered by said pop-ups.

Yubbut, have you ever let your subscription expire? Thqt's
when the man says you get the pop-ups.

 

[NobodyMan]

]

You'd better consider Zone Alarm carefully. I too have advocated it for a long
time. But if you buy the Pro version, and do not renew it every year, when it
expires it gives you popups that'll drive you crazy trying to get you to renew it.
ZA says you can continue to use it without renewing, but what they don't tell
you is that there is absolutely no way to turn off those popups reminding you
to renew it. It's insane! I know, I asked them. My solution was to remove the
PRO version and use the ZA free version. The Pro version may be worth
renewing, but I won't, not with their cavalier, arrogant attitude

Strange. I've had the Pro version, fully registered, for more than a
year and have never been bothered by said pop-ups.

Yubbut, have you ever let your subscription expire? Thqt's
when the man says you get the pop-ups.

I only had a "year" subscription, but have been using it longer than
that. It still functions like always, very well, and I have never
been bothered with pop-ups to renew in any aspect.

 

[mark7]

Yes, it did.