Firewall/Modem query from broadband newbie

rossmc

Hi
Two quick questions from someone who has just installed Eircom broadband:

1. Should I leave my Netopia Modem switched on all the time? Or should I switch it off when I shut down my PC? Or does it really matter?

2. I have the free version of Zone Labs as a firewall. When I first installed broadband I had some trouble uploading pages. I fiddled around with the 'alerts and logs' and put an IP address with a string of numbers into the 'trusted zone' and this seemed to work. I presume this is my IP address with Eircom.

I am just wondering if this is the right thing to do or if anyone has any tips for using Zone Labs with Eircom Broadband?

Thanks,
Ross

quazzy

rossmc wrote:

Hi
Two quick questions from someone who has just installed Eircom broadband:

1. Should I leave my Netopia Modem switched on all the time? Or should I switch it off when I shut down my PC? Or does it really matter?

I have my Netopia about 1 year and it has only been turned off once or twice so you should be ok there....but....... (skip to next question)

rossmc wrote:

2. I have the free version of Zone Labs as a firewall. When I first installed broadband I had some trouble uploading pages. I fiddled around with the 'alerts and logs' and put an IP address with a string of numbers into the 'trusted zone' and this seemed to work. I presume this is my IP address with Eircom.

I am just wondering if this is the right thing to do or if anyone has any tips for using Zone Labs with Eircom Broadband?

........make sure your firewall is ALWAYS on.

If you do this and an occasional Spyware / Virus check everything should be fine.

If you need any more info or have any more queries.. JUST POST

Regards,

Quazzy

rossmc

Quazzy

Thanks for the helpful info.

Regards,

Ross