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Skriven 2006-10-04 21:23:00 av CHARLES ANGELICH (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av ALAN ZISMAN
Ärende: Using USB Printer as
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Hello Alan - 

EV>>>> I don't run a network here. No router, switch etc. 

EV>>>> Although I have read that a WIRED Router can act as a
EV>>>> extra Firewall while on the internet if it is placed
EV>>>> between the DSL Modem and the 

EV> > PC. 

EV>>>> Maybe later I'll play with the idea of buying a wired
EV>>>> router. 

AZ>>> A wireless router has the same firewall-abilities as a
AZ>>> wired one. In both cases, they're doing what's referred
AZ>>> to as NAT- Network Address Translation. 

AZ>>> In other words, your computer gets an Internet address
AZ>>> from the router- an address within the bank reserved for
AZ>>> internal networks. The router gets the IP address from
AZ>>> your DSL or cable service provider and uses it to allow
AZ>>> your computer (and any others connected) to access the
AZ>>> Internet. 

AZ>>> An Internet-based hacker can see the router from its IP
AZ>>> address, but not the computers with their internal
AZ>>> network internet addresses. 

EV>> Alan, 

EV>> If I am reading you correctly, I would put a Wired LAN
EV>> PCMCIA card in my W95 laptop, as I was talking to Jeff,
EV>> and plug it into one of a Wireless routers 8-pin
EV>> connectors to keep my use of the computer(s) safe? 

EV>> I'll look in XPs' Help to get educated a bit more on that
EV>> thar NAT. 

AZ> Note that 'safe' is always a relative term... NAT is a
AZ> basic sort of protection from hackers, but won't help one
AZ> bit if you open a virus-bearing email attachment or
AZ> download a 'free' application that installs a dozen pieces
AZ> of adware/spyware... and if the spyware starts reporting
AZ> back, the router's NAT will not block the outgoing
AZ> communication, as Zone Alarm might. 

AZ> (Though you mentioned using ZA on your W95 laptop in an
AZ> earlier message)... so thinking of your wired router as an
AZ> 'extra firewall' is a good way to consider it... an added
AZ> layer of protection, but not a replacement for other
AZ> security). 

Wouldn't the least complicated and least expensive solution be
to install M$ VPC with a W98SE minimal install plus Opera and
then access the internet using that? W98SE is not as much of a
'target' and if you maintain a copy of the VPC files when it
gets infected you just delete those infected virtual drives and
recopy the 'good' virtual drives back again. Seems much less
stressful to me. :-) 

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