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Netopia firewall settings

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  • 18-01-2008 9:36pm
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    ifconfig
    Registered Users Posts: 880 ✭✭✭


    I have the Netopia wireless router standard issue from Eircom (silver box).
    I setup NAT port forwarding to allow me test servlets running on Tomcat
    on the private wireless LAN. Initially I couldn't access the port on which
    Tomcat was running until I relaxed the firewall setting in Basic settings mode
    from Medium (recommended) to Low. According to the basic documention
    the low setting isn't more liberal about letting inbound connections other
    than the port which I performed nat port mapping/forwarding (the Tomcat
    port). I understand it just means that the router IP address is no longer
    private.

    Should I be cautious with relaxing the firewall from medium->low setting?
    Are there other safer options (eg, setting up specific packet filtering
    rules in advanced firewall settings on the netopia)?

    -ifc


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