Firewall set up advice needed
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 10:47 am
Apologies if this has been answered before but the forum search facility seems to reject the obvious keyword combinations!
Background: I've just got the 7800N and one of the reasons for purchasing this was that it came with firewall protection however I cannot see any evidence that this is active. There seem to be lots of options for specifying rules but I don't have enough knowledge to do this confidently. I have searched on the web and there seems to be a suggestion that the firewall is on by default but I can't work out what the default settings are and whether or not these are sufficient. The help documentation isn't that clear on this matter. There are also some posts elsewhere suggesting that the firewall isn't on by default. My previous router was a Netgear WN3300 and that was fairly straightforward, particularly as it had context help alongside the settings pages.
Questions:
1. Is the firewall on by default and if so, should I be seeing anything in the firewall logs. So far there is nothing.
2. What settings are included in the default if the answer is yes?
3. Does anyone have an idiot guide to help me to understand the advanced settings.
Many thanks in anticipation of help.
Background: I've just got the 7800N and one of the reasons for purchasing this was that it came with firewall protection however I cannot see any evidence that this is active. There seem to be lots of options for specifying rules but I don't have enough knowledge to do this confidently. I have searched on the web and there seems to be a suggestion that the firewall is on by default but I can't work out what the default settings are and whether or not these are sufficient. The help documentation isn't that clear on this matter. There are also some posts elsewhere suggesting that the firewall isn't on by default. My previous router was a Netgear WN3300 and that was fairly straightforward, particularly as it had context help alongside the settings pages.
Questions:
1. Is the firewall on by default and if so, should I be seeing anything in the firewall logs. So far there is nothing.
2. What settings are included in the default if the answer is yes?
3. Does anyone have an idiot guide to help me to understand the advanced settings.
Many thanks in anticipation of help.
- I probably don't need to know too much about the advanced settings if the firewall is on an monitoring all incoming. I don't run a server from behind the firewall just home laptops and mobile devices. Would the firewall log show if there was an attack even if rules aren't set?