alcatel (thomson) speed-touch 510 v3.7

i am having hassles configuring the firewall on my speed touch 510 v3.7
router/modem

this is a pain as it has to be done with a load of fiddly telnet commands

i have found a discussion group where the owner even wrote a GUI for the
firewall which i could not get to work

anyone got any good advice re this router/modem , specifically how to
disable the firewall altogether?

i need a good firewall of SOME SORT due to criminal hacker hooligans like
daniel 'checker' huyton aka
hans.kolv-(E-Mail Removed) cyber-harassing me etc

zone alarm will have to do , i suppose



i might chuck the alcatel away and get a cheap new 4 port mentor for 40 quid
from rl supplies who are ace.

is the mentor any good?

rgds

ian

"John Smith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> i might chuck the alcatel away and get a cheap new 4 port mentor for 40
quid
> from rl supplies who are ace.

If that's the ASR one you'll need a software firewall (such as Zone alarm or
Norton Internet Security) and it would be no different to disabling the
firewall in your current router and installing one.

thanks for your reply

the 4 port mentor r/m which rl supplies are selling cheap is the FR4 at
43.89 inc vat inc microfilter

not sure if that includes a firewall or not

but seems a good deal none-the-less

ian

the thing is , i can't work out how to disable my firewall in the alcatel
and my ISP says something is blocking traffic in or out

it could be a routing problem i suppose

all very frustrating


alcatel is synching ok

ian

"John Smith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> the thing is , i can't work out how to disable my firewall in the alcatel
> and my ISP says something is blocking traffic in or out
>
> it could be a routing problem i suppose
>
> all very frustrating

This site and the forums may be helpful

http://www.sdharris.com/speedtouch510/

"John Smith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> the thing is , i can't work out how to disable my firewall in the alcatel
> and my ISP says something is blocking traffic in or out
>
> it could be a routing problem i suppose
>
> all very frustrating

Also try

http://forums.dslsupport.co.uk/default.asp?CAT_ID=3

thanks

that's the one where the guy wrote the GUI which i could not get to work

ian
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"John Smith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> thanks
>
> that's the one where the guy wrote the GUI which i could not get to work

Could just take the plunge and hit the reset button but then you need to
spend the time re-configuring it all :S

thanks

but i have already done that

from what i can find out , apart from losing my settings , it also turns the
firewall full on

i am trying to 'punch holes ' in it for port 80 etc but would rather just
turn it fully off for the moment until i get up and running

rgds

ian

thanks

i missed this forum somehow

ian