Re: Questions from a newbie

The Pre-N does provide NAT and stateful packet inspection, which is the
basic functionality required from any standalone firewall. I haven't
seen the configuration of the Pre-N, but that will be where you tweak
WPA encryption and firewall policy. If it will allow you to (in the
config), deny access to ports or services that you do not need. If
not, it might have a "low, medium, and high" security settings
option....select medium or high.
Belkin is known for connectivity, though, not security. I would still
recommend a good desktop anti-virus, commercial (WebRoot) or free
spyware sweeper (SpyBot, Ad-Aware), and a desktop firewall (ZoneAlarm,
Symantec/Sygate). All of these are still based on signatures, but the
really good protocol anomaly and behavior-based host intrusion
prevention stuff (Sana Security, etc). isn't ready for home users yet.
Received on Tue Jan 3 03:40:26 2006