Thanks for your recommendations Greg In linksys they say: " * All-in-one Internet-sharing Router, 4-port Switch, and Wireless- G (802.11g) Access Point * Shares a single Internet connection and other resources with Ethernet wired and Wireless-G clients * Wireless data rates up to 54Mbps -- 5 times as fast as Wireless- B (802.11b), but also interoperable with Wireless-B devices (at 11Mbps) * Advanced security: Wi-Fi Protected Access™ (WPA), wireless MAC address filtering, powerful SPI firewall "
It seems it has firewall too. Then why use the 530v6 ? What about the last 2 models I said, they seem good? ROUTER SMC WBR14T- G and SMC WBR14T-G2 So long, Jordi On 1 mar, 19:30, Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 08:26 -0800, Jordi wrote: > > Thanks Greg, > > [...snip a whole lot of cruft that need not be paid attention to...] > > Okay, let us start out with a fresh understanding. I finally found the > proper documentation of the Thomson Speedtouch 530v6. > > Yes, this particular device is an ADSL Modem and Router with built-in > hardware firewall. > > This means 2 things. First; If you have turned on the NAT and forwarded > ports already, the firewall is working. Second; Unless you are paranoid > you do not need a second firewall for most things. > > Okay, since your 530v6 has only one RJ45 and one USB port, it > effectively doesn't do what you want. You have indicated you want > wireless access, one access point typically supports many machines on > wireless and you have 2 machines with wired requirements. > > A good solution for you would be to purchase a wireless access point > with a built-in 4-8 port switch. > > Basically you could use a Linksys WRT54G and be in great company. They > are relatively cheap and widely worked out. You can make it so that it > only does basic networking without a second firewall, and not change > your Speedtouch at all. Just plug in the Linysys into your speedtouch > via the RJ45 and voila. The plug in you wired machines. Make sure you > only use one DHCP server (the speedtouch or the Linksys) > > You would only have to configure you Wireless to be able to connect with > your wifi enable machine. > > One thing you need to understand, even the best consumer grade firewalls > odn't protect from e-mail virusesesesss, you will still need to use > virus scanning on your Windows without fail. > > Also, once you have a setup like this, you can enable Samba and many > other services with only a small amount of fear of problems. As long as > you keep out the baddies with the firewall you re pretty well set. > -- > greg, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's > Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive > product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at > the playfield. -- Thane Walkup > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]