This week I will be getting 768/128 dsl and will be using a Zoom X5 modem/router with NAT and NAPT capability.
My main box is running Win XP and a Win ME box is on a LAN. I will eventually add a wireless access port.
Apparently I can have both machines on the internet simultanously in the NAPT mode. This supposedly gives "good" firewall protection.
Would a software firewall give me any increased security or is it redundant?
Thank you.
Mike
snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com (JB) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@enews2.newsguy.com:
If nothing else, a software firewall can prevent applications running on your PC from initiating outbound network connections without you knowing about it.
Use the one built-into XP, if anything.
-Frank
I was under the impression the XP firewall does not block outbound transmissions so am more inclined to go for a third-party FW.
Thanks for your input.
You're welcome. Have fun.
-Frank
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