Re: Cable Vs. DSL

From: Chris Berry <compjma(at)hotmail.com>
Date: Mon Apr 28 2003 - 22:20:12 EDT

>From: Greg Tracy <greg@sixx.com>
>Here's a question (I'm relatively new at this).

Well, you're in the right place, that's a good start.

>I have a cable connection, with a broadband NAT router which acts as a

So basically what you're saying is that you have one public IP address and the rest are private non-publicly routable ones divided by your NAT enabled router.

>Since the router's address is seen as one address from outside, and

In short, yes, lots of ways.

>Is this the best way (other than using a firewall, or in addition to) to

NAT basically provides you with about as much security as your mp3 player, which is to say none at all. This is because NAT is not designed as a security measure, it's merely a way to broaden the available address pool. Here are some basic measures I'd recommend to secure your network:

1. Firewall
2. Anti-Virus
3. Spyware detector for your windows machines (I like SpybotSD)
4. Decent passwords on your systems

Depending on your level of paranoia, there's lots more.

Chris Berry
compjma@hotmail.com
Systems Administrator
JM Associates

"Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken." -- Duke Leto Atreides

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Received on Tue Apr 29 12:45:07 2003