Linksys Router, IE6, & Norton Internet Security 2002

[JiGG]

Hi' all,

I'm having a problem with Norton Internet Security 2002. I recently bought a Linksys Cable/DSL router for my home network and I installed it with no problem. I was able to access the internet with no problem. Then I installed NIS 2002 and now my internet access is slowwwwwwed down. I am able to access some web pages but some like yahoo, zdnet, etc. take about five minutes to load. Things I am able to use quickly are AOL messenger, and MSN.com. This is happening to both my machines on my network, one running IE6 with WINXP, and the other IE6 with WIN98SE. I'm pretty sure I have all the settings in NIS setup correctly but I can't find the culprit. I've also ran Liveupdate and I am currently up to date on all update patches from Symantec. Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JiGG.....

[JiGG]

I kind of found a solution but have a concern. I turn of the rule for blocking inbound ip fragments and my connection returns to normal speed with NIS 2002 turned on. My new question is how much of a security issue is it to have this rule turned off?

JiGG.....

[Confused]

Many people, myself included have problems running software firewalls on home networks behind a router. Router itself has hardware firewall protection.

I ran Zone Alarm until I added second PC with XP and networked the two. The original PC with WIN98 would not access internet at all. I wound up formatting the WIN98 PC and reloading the OS.

I only use the hardware firewall protection now. From time to time I go to www.grc.com and test my protection, both port and shield.
Chas

PS
Only Norton product you need is virus protection.

[glc]

The only real reason to use a software firewall behind a NAT router is to block rogue outgoing packets from possible Trojans. If allowing the inbound fragments gives you full speed, just leave it, it's not going to be an issue.