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Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> On 2019-04-26, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> P. S. Is there anything special I should do to make sure no one can |
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>> access my printer over the internet and do something bad? Does the DSL |
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>> modem and router protect that by default? |
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> All the DSL modems I've ever seen were also NAT/router/firewalls, if |
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> that's the case, you should be OK. It's _possible_ your modem is a |
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> bridge not a router/firewall. If that's the case, then you |
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> _really_need_ to get a NAT/router/firewall to put between you modem |
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> and everything else on your network. |
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> Grant |
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I do have a router, that's what the printer is connected too. I can't |
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recall what it is called but remember the DSL modem is supposed to be |
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pretty secure on its own. I think it can work in bridge mode or |
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router/whatever mode. Now that I think about it, it's in router or |
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whatever mode because the login and password goes in the router if I put |
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the modem in bridge mode. I put the router in for two reasons. One, |
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sometimes I have a 2nd puter that needs internet access, usually when I |
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am working on someone else's puter. 2nd, it adds another layer of |
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security, I would hope anyway. I've been using this for a good long |
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time and nothing weird has happened, yet anyway. If my DVD tray starts |
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sliding in and out, that may require attention. lol |
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I went to a website and got it to test my stuff once. It said it was |
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secure. It's been a while tho. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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