19 Dec
2005
19 Dec
'05
16:58
On Monday 19 December 2005 12:39 am, Mike McMullin wrote:
Some switches don't ship with firewalls on them from what my hard-ware supplier tells me. You get a "Windows" disk with the software. IIRC SMC did this with a few of their systems. So it's a good idea to ensure that the unit has a fire wall built in.
Are you really talking about a switch rather than a router? I wouldn't expect a switch to provide much if any protection. As someone else pointed out, the NAT (Network Address Translation) provided by the router makes a huge difference because it makes your machine's IP address invisible to the outside world. Paul