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Should I enable or disable the firewall if I'm using an external router?
Should I leave the firwall enabled or disable it if I have wifi off and only using an external router with a firewall? Generally, I would disable it if I'm using the another modem device like a DSL ...
For all intents and purposes you're behind a double-NAT on satellite.
Unless you have hackers in your house using your local LAN, I wouldn't worry about the firewall much. Think they just included it because it was part of the router firmware.
Think you're safe leaving it disabled, unless you want to use the parental features, etc. underneath it.
For all intents and purposes you're behind a double-NAT on satellite.
Unless you have hackers in your house using your local LAN, I wouldn't worry about the firewall much. Think they just included it because it was part of the router firmware.
Think you're safe leaving it disabled, unless you want to use the parental features, etc. underneath it.
That's pretty much what I thought. I try to avoid hackers in my house, so I'm leaving it off! 🙂
