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Title: Firewall Advice?
Post by: MwXX on February 24, 2003, 01:46:34 PM

Hey guys, anyone know a good firewall that I can get for a cable connection that wont affect my AH play?

PLEASE HELP

My Anti Virus caught "Trojan Horse" this morning and luckily did no damage..THANK YOU AVG CONTROL CENTER!! LOL


anyhow, any good ones out there? or is it a waste of time with Firewalls?


:confused:

Title: Firewall Advice?
Post by: Furious on February 24, 2003, 01:52:32 PM

ZoneAlarm.  Free and super easy.

Title: Firewall Advice?
Post by: Xjazz on February 25, 2003, 02:12:53 AM

How about hardware firewalls? Any good?

Title: Firewall Advice?
Post by: Wlfgng on February 26, 2003, 01:34:30 PM

yes. usually much more reliable than software only firewalls.

Title: Firewall Advice?
Post by: capt. apathy on February 26, 2003, 01:40:58 PM

seagate is free and I've had no problems with it.

Title: Firewall Advice?
Post by: -ammo- on February 26, 2003, 05:48:44 PM

I use a Linksys 4 port router and I am happy with the firewall incorperated in it.

Title: Firewall Advice?
Post by: Frost on February 26, 2003, 09:32:06 PM

I recently hooked up a Linksys 4 port router.  Installation was very simple and I didn't have to adjust anything for AH play.

Title: Firewall Advice?
Post by: Xjazz on February 27, 2003, 01:56:49 AM

Terve,

Thanks for your feedback.

Im still waiting new ADSL connection, so I have tons of time planing a two PC home network with shared internet connetion using hardware firewall & switch.

One thing worried me a bit. My wife like to look streams from internet: news, reality show etc. How this could effect my AH playing? Nothigh but LAG?

Is it possible split and fix aviable bandwidth for two PCs (IPs) with hardware firewall & switch?

Title: Firewall Advice?
Post by: MANDOBLE on March 01, 2003, 03:51:09 AM

KERIO, the best free firewall. No so easy to configure as ZoneAlarm, but far more better.

http://www.kerio.com.

Title: Firewall Advice?
Post by: BNM on March 02, 2003, 02:13:45 PM

Used to use Zonealarm. Switched to Tiny about 1 or so ago. It's also free and works just fine.
http://www.webmasterfree.com/software/1476.html (http://www.webmasterfree.com/software/1476.html)

Title: Firewall/Router
Post by: llyr69 on March 03, 2003, 07:18:02 PM

I use a Netgear RP-614 4 port router/firewall. It only does basic Network Address Translation, but since I put it up, I haven't had any hits from ZoneAlarm. Was running them in tandem while the router was under observation.....

The hardware router allows me to share the cable modem connect with the other half....which does wonders for domestic tranquility and promotes more flight time :D

Title: Firewall Advice?
Post by: DouglasA on March 03, 2003, 08:08:39 PM

I use Norton's firewall . Never shut it off while playing and have had no problems at all. Also updates at least once a month. Rhink you buy it for around $30.

Title: Firewall Advice?
Post by: DAVENRINO on March 04, 2003, 01:01:38 AM

Sygate is free, easy to use, leakproof, and no conflicts with AH.

check GRC ratings: http://grc.com/lt/scoreboard.htm

DJ229

Title: Firewall Advice?
Post by: Xjazz on March 04, 2003, 07:17:00 AM

4 routers testing

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,803407,00.asp

Title: Firewall Advice?
Post by: CavemanJ on March 04, 2003, 12:16:41 PM

PracticallyNetworked (http://www.practicallynetworked.com)

You can compare routers et al here.