My router has a firewall and two Windows computers (non Linux users - see my rant about my anti-Linux family)
Some questions:
Before setting up the internet connection I was hoping to use the router (router / model / firewall) to set up a LAN but was unsuccesful. It is almost as if the system is set up to connect to the Internet but not for local connection. However using the software settings it should be possible to have a shared hard disk locally?
(I was also trying to set this up with a switch and a second computer on my node. It could be my ineptitude)
Very occasionally the router has to be reset (turned off and started again) usually at the weekend. This is because no Internet conection is possible. It does not seem to be the ISP. What is the likely cause?
I did read that if you have a router firewall, then firewall software (especially for XP is not required). This seemed nonsense because most compromises seem to occur not from scanners trying to get in but existing software (trojans etc) including commercial software and XP itself, connecting out. Can this be clarified please?
