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On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 12:46 PM, David Bell <grimpen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Having run an IpCop box between my desktop PC/laptop and router for several > years I wonder if it is really necessary these days with routers having built > in firewalls. Are you running any services inside your network and do you have port forwarding or DMZ enabled on the router? If not then you are not really gaining anything very much using the IPCOP box as well. The router will refuse any incomming connections to any port because of NAT anyway. The PCs on your network are hidden from the internet by the NAT not because the router is specifically a firewall. Just verify that the router itself does not expose its admin interface to the world the IPCOP box would probably be more useful if you needed to run exposed servers and/or you have complex firewall rules beyond block all incomming and let me connect to the internet type rules. Robin -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq