Esquire4
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|  [Security] Firewall on BEFW11S4 ?
I was trying to help configure a BEFW11S4 802.11b router and I couldn't find the firewall settings in the firmware to check if it is enabled, and I couldn't locate any reference to it in the manual.
Does it actually have a firewall?
Thanks.
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| said by Esquire4  :
Does it actually have a firewall?
Not any longer. The older firmware had a SPI firewall but it didn't work very well and was discontinued. |
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Esquire4
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HK, Hongkong | Thanks, so it doesn't have any protection whatsoever? |
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rdhw
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| said by Esquire4 :
so it doesn't have any protection whatsoever?
On the contrary, it has all the protection that any NAT router has: all unsolicited incoming connection attempts will be binned, except for the ones that you have explicitly port-forwarded.
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Esquire4
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| Thanks RDHW.
I am aware of the protection offered by NAT. I was hoping for a little bit more by asking the question - your reply to which implied the answer already.
Thanks again.
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