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Do I need a physical router on a direct connection?

runswithascript · 2011-05-27 13:28:22

I use Xubuntu 11.04, and although I have the Gufw package installed with incoming connections blocked by default apart from torrents, I have no physical router and instead my LAN NIC is connected into what I think is a repeater, which takes the cable up to the roof that is receiving a signal from my ISP, am i secure…

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27-05-2011 2:28pm

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runswithascript

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I use Xubuntu 11.04, and although I have the Gufw package installed with incoming connections blocked by default apart from torrents, I have no physical router and instead my LAN NIC is connected into what I think is a repeater, which takes the cable up to the roof that is receiving a signal from my ISP, am i secure firewall wise?

What is on the roof is Irish Broadband Breeze-VL (as far as I know VL not MAX) and looks very similar to http://cgi.ebay.com/ALVARION-3-5Ghz-ANTENNA-AN1704-SU-RA-OF-3-5b-OFDM-/230509999385

It should be noted, sometimes I boot into Windows 7/Windows XP which I have installed Bitdefender on.

Oh and I've heard many home firewalls from the likes of Linksys. who I know are Cisco's home subsidiary, are not usually adequate for security, so if you maintain I buy one please recommend some models. I have some Cisco 2600s here that are just missing WAN NICs, perhaps I could adapt one with a LAN NIC somehow?

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