Hardware Firewall and Vista

Will be installing Vista Ultimate and a low end WatchGuard Firewall. Is
there anything in Vista that would facilitate the configuration of the
firewall and maximize compatibility and security with the OS? Guidance
sought.

Maurice wrote:

> Will be installing Vista Ultimate and a low end WatchGuard Firewall. Is
> there anything in Vista that would facilitate the configuration of the
> firewall and maximize compatibility and security with the OS? Guidance
> sought.

No. Your third-party firewall should come with its own configuration
utility. Check in its Help files and/or manual.

Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!

I also have a Linksys wireless router with VPN. The VPN feature only allows
pass-through connectivity and is essentially a 'port forwarding' mechanism.
Looking for guidance on how connecting to ports allows one to negotiate the
router and remotely access my desktop

"Malke" wrote:

> Maurice wrote:
>
> > Will be installing Vista Ultimate and a low end WatchGuard Firewall. Is
> > there anything in Vista that would facilitate the configuration of the
> > firewall and maximize compatibility and security with the OS? Guidance
> > sought.
>
> No. Your third-party firewall should come with its own configuration
> utility. Check in its Help files and/or manual.
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> Don't Panic!
>

Maurice wrote:

> I also have a Linksys wireless router with VPN. The VPN feature only
> allows pass-through connectivity and is essentially a 'port forwarding'
> mechanism. Looking for guidance on how connecting to ports allows one to
> negotiate the router and remotely access my desktop

That information would be in your Linksys manual and/or on the Linksys
website. There are also useful Linksys forums. Here's one of them:

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/linksys

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!