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Turning off router firewall?
Name: kizzo Date: January 11, 2006 at 06:46:08 Pacific OS: Win Xp Home CPU/Ram: 512
Comment:
I have a wireless set up and i also have a powerline setup to run internet through my house. I needed to do a port forwarding task to open up my ABC(Bittorent DL Client) program. Is theere any way to turn off the firewall in my router? I have a netgear WGR614v2 or v3.
Name: ranchhand Date: January 11, 2006 at 07:38:31 Pacific
Reply:
Having two firewalls is really added security for your system, especially if you are using P-P file sharing. Hackers love to hang out in those areas looking for open ports. Your router will have some way of opening the needed port, review your manual that came with it, or possibly they have an 800 help line (like D-Link does).
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Response Number 3
Name: kizzo Date: January 11, 2006 at 12:04:20 Pacific
Reply:
tried that and for some reason it didn't work for me. any of you guys know of any bittorent clients that arent set up like abc, so i wouldnt have to use port forwarding?
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