Netgear firewall

[jowser]

Hi guys,

I've just installed a dg834gt netgear router and I was having problams sending e-mail's, recieving e-mail's wasn't a problem.

I've been on netgear's website and looked for an answer and found that the sygate firewall I have installed on our computers is conflicting with the netgear firewall on the router.

So.... my question is after all that, Is the netgear firewall reliable ??

[Raptor]

You may need to open port 25 for SMTP on your Router.

[jowser]

I've opened that up but it was a no go.

[Raptor]

If you are making us of SSL or TTL, you may need to open different ports. The E-mail provider their help database may help you determine what port number to use.

So.... my question is after all that, Is the netgear firewall reliable

I determine the effectiveness of my router in the following manner:  Should I disconnect my router, within a few minutes all sorts of alerts will pop up telling me that the [software] firewall (Sygate Personal) has blocked certain scans. Once I connect the [firewall] Router there will no longer be any incoming pop-ups. Only outgoing programs asking for permission or alerts from within my network originating from the Router. (Such as PING)

If yours does not do the same, I would definitely not call it reliable.

You may wish to do research and tests on the following website:

Gibson Research Company

[jowser]

Thanks Raptor,

I'm now happy that my firewall is running well.  

[Raptor]

Good to know. Have you solved your problem by opening TTL or SSL ports?

If you have additional questions, do not hesitate to post.

[jowser]

I didn't do anything with the ports, I just ran the test that you told me about on the netgear firewall, test came up trumps so i turned off sygate.

[Raptor]

You may wish to install Zone Alarm. A decent free firewall.

What Router firewalls can often not do is control program access. Which is vital when attempting to control a trojan infection or block spyware.

[jowser]

Will zonealarm be able to run along side the netgear firewall which is hard wired into router.

I found e-mail worked and internet was quicker when i turned sygate off.

These were the two reason that i stopped using sygate.

[Raptor]

Odd, I experience no difficulties concerning Sygate. However, I own a Q-TEC router.

Unless specificed by the manufacturer, Zone Alarm should not be incompatible with your Router.

[jowser]

The major problam that was causing all the aggro was the fact we couldn't recieve e-mail while sygate was running, also every now and then some web pages wouldn't load up unless we allowed all on sygate.

With the firewall tester link that you posted, i tested the router firewall. nothing seemed to get in or out so i was happy with that.

Then you posted this:-

What Router firewalls can often not do is control program access. Which is vital when attempting to control a trojan infection or block spyware.

Do you think i should run sygate along side router firewall just to be on the safe side?

All i will have to do is allow all on sygate to recieve e-mail's.    

[Raptor]

I assume that you are using the personal version of Sygate, which is free. You may as well use Zone Alarm Free. Both are excellent firewalls.

And yes, you should use a software firewall even when you have a hardware firewall. Program control can be very important. Plus, should you ever need to demilitarize adresses your software Firewall can be of good asssistance.

[jowser]

Cheers Raptor,

I've installed zone alarm, i can now recieve e-mail while the zone alarm firewall is on.

Thank you for your time.  

[Raptor]

You are welcome!