Firewalls

[Bubbs]

Hi All,
Althou I have networked 4 pc's to share a dsl connection (3 are wireless) I need to learn more about firewalls as my DLINK 624 has one built in and I would like to configure it properly.

Is there a web site that can explain how these router's work including what all the ports do.

Thanks

[Lardass]

Hi,
You may be able to find how to configure your inbuilt firewall by going onto the DLINK site and www.dlink.com and look under products.

[WhatsThisBoxFor?]

After a quick google I found this, http://computer.howstuffworks.com/firewall.htm it does not explain the difference between hardware and software (I think, only had a quick glance) but it looked like a good starting point.

[Bubbs]

Thanks for the reply,
W.T.B.F, your on to something here. I had a quick glance myself and it is a good starting point. Thanks again.

[Markoman01027]

The firewall will work once the router is turned on.

If you need to configure anything, you will need to find out the router ip address, connct to it with a password and change whatever you need in the settings.

i believe the ip address is 192.168.0.1 and leave the password blank