LinkSys Routers and Firewalls

[kring]

XP has a built in firewall if you have either Windows XP Home or Pro.

 

[CrackedCrystal]

Man, it is taking forever to scroll to the bottom of this thread now

And by the way, you do not need to appologize about the remote thing. I think you made the right choice.

Common firewalls are Norton Personal Firewall, Zone Alarm, SecureUP, McAfee Firewall, and Norton Internet Security. Also, Windows XP has a built-in firewall.

If you get it working, we should play. I am a noobie at that game. I was trying to play single player on the hardest setting, I can not get passed the 5th level

The best thing you can do to find out if it is your router is to have the computer connect directly to the internet. Does your computer have a modem that you could use instead of the router? That way you could try to play and see if the router is the problem.

Here is a link to the user manual for what I think is your router model:
ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pdf/befw11s4_v2ug.pdf

If you look at page 34, number 7 discribes port forwarding, and number 8 discribes DMZ computers. You can try them if you like. I have already told you the por numbers.

 

[voodoocat]

If this would have been a Cisco router, I could have just written the commands to fix the problem. The basic idea behind port translation is it allows a LAN to access the WAN. This includes services like WWW, telnet, etc. You have to designate which IP gets the service opened. I would set your machine up as a static IP. Then tell the router to open port __ to 192.168.1.x.

I would get rid of any software firewall if you have a linksys router. I've always found that combination bad... In fact Zone Alarm doesn't always just uninstall. XP firewall sucks. Norton internet security never wants to shut down.

One of the things that I did in a previous, tech-happy economy, was script routers. I also got to troubleshoot John Chambers (CEO of Cisco) T1. That was usually a top priority when we got an alarm on that line. Now, with straight up tech support, I see a whole spectrum of users. From nurse betty to wannabe techy.

 

[CrackedCrystal]

Originally posted by voodoocat
One of the things that I did in a previous, tech-happy economy, was script routers. I also got to troubleshoot John Chambers (CEO of Cisco) T1. That was usually a top priority when we got an alarm on that line.

I am so jealous right now!!!

 

[voodoocat]

I wouldn't be... Got laid off from that job back in 2001. Now I walk nursing students through copying and pasting text. It's rough.

 

[CrackedCrystal]

Walking nursing students is a step up for me. I am doing data entry right now because of the market. The only upside, is I have some time to study for my CCNA certification.

 

[voodoocat]

Is there not many tech support centers down in Atlanta? If you have customer service experience you should be able to find a front line tech support job. Try the ISP's. Market is rough here too... every job is contract. Try the temp/contract companies.

 

[col]

What a great thread this is.

Thanks folks for a really good description of what routers do.
Ever thought of writing tech guides for a living.

Just got a Dlink ADSL 504 router. Working nicely but I'd like to know what all the menu stuff means. I love to tinker!

I'm pretty good on software and hardware but networking is a whole new ball game.

 

[voodoocat]

Actually... One of the things I was in charge of was writing guides for use internally. They would be used by field techs when they installed the routers. I sure miss that job

 

[CrackedCrystal]

Originally posted by voodoocat
Is there not many tech support centers down in Atlanta? If you have customer service experience you should be able to find a front line tech support job. Try the ISP's. Market is rough here too... every job is contract. Try the temp/contract companies.

There are a lot of tech position in Atlanta, but the new hire market is stagnant righ now. I was hoping to get a job with Earthlink which is headquatered here, but the next day they announced that they are cutting 25% of their workforce so I seriously doubt I will hear back.

To tell you the truth, I have been turn edown from two positions for the simple fact I do not have my CCNA yet!!

I actually fully intend to go to a technical temp agency come March 1st if I don't get an offer before then. The department I work for is relocating to another city and I have no intention of following it.

And in all fairness, I was not looking through the month of December and first half of January, so its no suprise I have not found something.

 

[CrackedCrystal]

Originally posted by col
What a great thread this is.

Thanks folks for a really good description of what routers do.
Ever thought of writing tech guides for a living.

Just got a Dlink ADSL 504 router. Working nicely but I'd like to know what all the menu stuff means. I love to tinker!

I'm pretty good on software and hardware but networking is a whole new ball game.

Thanks col. I really appreciate that, and glad you learned something. I tried to keep it to a strictly conceptual level so the majority of people would understand. There is much more to networking than what I explained.

I really enjoy working with networks. I had a drastic turn-around in college with that. I went to school with every intent of designing microchips, then I took a networking class for fun. It completely changed my focus. I still remember the day I was sitting in class and realized this is what I wanted to do. I even remember the professor was explaining the three-way handshake protocol of TCP/IP.

Gee, I just made myself sound really geeky there , but that is pretty much what happened.

 

[Cletus]

Originally posted by CrackedCrystal
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Trigger Port Range: 6073-6073
Incoming Port Range: 2302-2400

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Thanks, this got my friend up & running on his D-Link router. IP only, not the GameSpy thing. Sadly only one of their 2 computers behind the router can join a game.