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**HAL9000** · 07-01-2001, 01:19 PM

I've never used the netgear, but if it's anything like the Linksys, your cable modem settings are installed on the router and your machines are using DHCP or assigned IP's like 192.168.xxx.xxx. If that is the case, you're done, the firewall protection is automatic as this is your NAT. The router translates from your cable IP to the assigned IP's of your computers.

07-01-2001, 01:19 PM	#2
HAL9000 Red-eyed Moderator Staff Premium Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 17,575	I've never used the netgear, but if it's anything like the Linksys, your cable modem settings are installed on the router and your machines are using DHCP or assigned IP's like 192.168.xxx.xxx. If that is the case, you're done, the firewall protection is automatic as this is your NAT. The router translates from your cable IP to the assigned IP's of your computers. __________________ -At Ford, quality is job #1, job #2 is making them explode. ~Norm MacDonald, SNL News -Switching to Glide..Balancing in my head..inside of me... taking the glide path instead.