Windows FW & stealth ports

[jjost]

I have Windows XP SP2 installed, no router, just a simple DSL modem. I
have turned Windows FW off; however, ShieldsUp show all of my ports as
"stealth". How can that be? I have no other firewall installed and
have not yet installed my antivirus program. I'm quite confused.

John

 

[Star Fleet Admiral Q]

Could be your DSL modem has a built-in router/firewall - when I had Verizon
DSL a few months back, it had just that.

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[jjost]

I have an old Efficient Speedstream 5260 dsl modem. There is no
reference in the manual to a built-in router/firewall. But thanks for
the suggestion.

John

 

[Jordon]

I have Windows XP SP2 installed, no router, just a simple DSL modem. I
have turned Windows FW off; however, ShieldsUp show all of my ports as
"stealth". How can that be? I have no other firewall installed and
have not yet installed my antivirus program. I'm quite confused.

Is your public ip in the modem (or on your computer) and is the modem doing
network address translation?

Jordon

 

[jjost]

I don't believe that my public IP is in the modem; I never put it in it
(nor do I know how). I don't believe the modem is doing network
address translantion. A copy of the manual can be found here.
http://www.waymark.net/tech_support/DSL/SBC/5260.pdf. I don't know
whether my public ip is on the computer. I do have a static ip address
that I had to input into my network settings, but that was true when I
was running Windows ME on my old computer.
--John