[Tfug] routing for Actiontec DSL gateway

[Tony]

You can check out the effectiveness of the Actiontec firewall with 
something like:

nmap -sS -vv -p 1-65535 placeyour.internet.ip.here

That'll tell you where you stand on incoming traffic.

One would assume the modem's firewall does nothing to prevent outgoing 
traffic.

When my Linux box was my interface for Internet connections, I started 
reading up on ipchains and iptables (which, I understand, can be used to 
manually build a firewall), but Mandrake has some kind of a built-in 
firewall that can be enabled with a wizard and laziness got the best of me.

As I'm now connecting via a Windows 98 box, it has become kind of a moot 
point.


Paul Scott wrote:
> DSL is now up and working with the Actiontec as my gateway.  Machines 
> have standard fixed IP's of 192.168.0.X.  Gateway is 192.168.0.1 of 
> course.  I presume I now have no firewalls in place.  Can someone give 
> me some quick hints for software solutions?  I thought the Actiontec had 
> some kind of firewall and I will search that out right now.
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Paul Scott
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