Belkin not-real-firewall?
I know this has been covered ad nauseum in the past, but maybe the "real firewall" status of routers has changed over time? I have a fairly new Belkin wireless router (Wireless G Plus) that claims to have a firewall AND NAT (not just NAT), with SPI. The manual lists a big boring list of attacks the firewall protects against. I've run all the online firewall testers in all the advanced modes and none can even see my computer at all.
So, do I still not have a "real" firewall? And why not? (And in case anyone asks, yes - I'm using WPA, yes I have a *really* long random-character passphrase, and yes I changed the router password itself).
read more and respond »Posted 5 years ago by burnedtechie in Networking Firewalls
