Is using a range safe from other intrusions on a wireless network? thanks
tom


"Brian A." gonefish'n@afarawaylake wrote in message
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"Tom C.." wrote in message
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What is the safest way to allow my computers to see each other? The way
it is now i have a range of ip addresses in each firewall trusted area.

You're best off using the range if you have no backup power supply and
power issues are frequent. Any time the modem and router lose power they
will resync once power is restored. Powering off a router sets it back to
Default settings and new IP's will be reassigned to each machine in the
order they are booted.

If withing the trusted range you don't want one or two of the IP's to
have access, split the range and place the unwanted IP/s in the Untrusted
zone. If this means too many ranges just use single IP's. Only place the
machines IP address that you want to allow access, into the machines
firewall TZ that they will have access to. If you do not want a specific
machine (1) to have access to a specific machine (2), then do not add
specific (1) to the TZ of specific (2), add it to the untrusted or simply
omit it from TZ of specific (2). If you choose to add it to the untrusted
and if the IP's change at any time, you will have to change specific (1)
in the UTZ to it's new assigned IP.


Is that the best wqay or should i put ip adresses in the firewall ? Would
my computers not change ip addresses after a reboot...thanks tom

Rebooting a machine does not cause the router to reassign an IP, power
loss/restore to the modem/router do.


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