E-buyer modem router

have just purchased a origo asr 8400
4 port sp1 firewall adsl modem router
E-Buyer quick link 48449
have installed ok but there does not seem to be a firewall
or am i missing something,on the box it says Firewall optional

Is there something i must setup or been sent the wrong modem
any help would be appreciated

Tommy

In uk.telecom.broadband, Tommy wrote:

>4 port sp1 firewall adsl modem router
>E-Buyer quick link 48449

It is the same as this one:

<http://safecom.cn/code/sub/category.asp?subcatid=1&prdid=4>

It has an SPI firewall, what makes you think it doesn't?


--
Nigel M

"Time may be a great healer,
but he's a lousy beautician"

On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 17:32:30 +0100, Nigel Molesworth
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>In uk.telecom.broadband, Tommy wrote:
>
>>4 port sp1 firewall adsl modem router
>>E-Buyer quick link 48449
>
>It is the same as this one:
>
><http://safecom.cn/code/sub/category.asp?subcatid=1&prdid=4>
>
>It has an SPI firewall, what makes you think it doesn't?

I should explained this is the first modem router i have had and am
a very much a newbie with them
there is no mention of a firewall or how to enable it in the manual
i have searched the website with no luck
I know if it has one it is not operative as i used grc.com leak test
and its wide open

Tommy

Tommy wrote:
> On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 17:32:30 +0100, Nigel Molesworth
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>
>>In uk.telecom.broadband, Tommy wrote:
>>
>>
>>>4 port sp1 firewall adsl modem router
>>>E-Buyer quick link 48449
>>
>>It is the same as this one:
>>
>><http://safecom.cn/code/sub/category.asp?subcatid=1&prdid=4>
>>
>>It has an SPI firewall, what makes you think it doesn't?
>
>
> I should explained this is the first modem router i have had and am
> a very much a newbie with them
> there is no mention of a firewall or how to enable it in the manual
> i have searched the website with no luck
> I know if it has one it is not operative as i used grc.com leak test
> and its wide open
>
> Tommy
>
The SPI firewall is to help protect your system from "inbound" unwanted
connections.In order to run that "****" test from GRC you have to
download a program which then probes to see if it can get "outbound"
,the SPI firewall you have will probably not prevent this.
If you wish to check the "inbound" try:-
http://www.dslreports.com/scan
There are also some tests here:-
http://www.pcflank.com/

On 02 Jun 2005 17:16, Tommy <tom@abc> wrote:

>have installed ok but there does not seem to be a firewall
>or am i missing something,on the box it says Firewall optional
>Is there something i must setup or been sent the wrong modem
>any help would be appreciated

I don't have that particular unit, but a single-port Safecom one,
which is similar, I'm told. On the initial screen I clicked the
'advanced setup' link, and there is then 'Firewall' at the bottom
of the 'options menu' on the left - out of site unless you scroll.

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"Tommy" <tom@abc> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
: have just purchased a origo asr 8400
: 4 port sp1 firewall adsl modem router
: E-Buyer quick link 48449
: have installed ok but there does not seem to be a firewall
: or am i missing something,on the box it says Firewall optional
:
: Is there something i must setup or been sent the wrong modem
: any help would be appreciated
:
: Tommy

Not much good if it has a Conexant chip set ! nice back door in it..

Chris

On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 17:21:45 +0000 (UTC), NBT <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>>
>The SPI firewall is to help protect your system from "inbound" unwanted
>connections.In order to run that "****" test from GRC you have to
>download a program which then probes to see if it can get "outbound"

Er, not correct. There's several tests, one tests outgoing nasties,
the others test incoming, exactly like the PcFlank ones try to.

Note that GRC manage to identify ones IP correctly whereas PCFlank's
test suite is broken in that respect. Why /do/ programmers use the
browser headers / http protocol, given that most ISPS proxy http? I
can only assume they never tested it in the real world.

> http://www.dslreports.com/scan

This one works.

>There are also some tests here:-
> http://www.pcflank.com/

This one's broken.

On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 19:56:21 +0100, "Joker7" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Not much good if it has a Conexant chip set ! nice back door in it..

Elucidate please.

Mark McIntyre wrote:

>
> Er, not correct. There's several tests, one tests outgoing nasties,
> the others test incoming, exactly like the PcFlank ones try to.

When I ran it it only attempted outbound and was stopped by my firewall
as well as being classified as a Trojan by other s/ware, there were no
noticeable inbound probes.
>
> Note that GRC manage to identify ones IP correctly whereas PCFlank's
> test suite is broken in that respect. Why /do/ programmers use the
> browser headers / http protocol, given that most ISPS proxy http? I
> can only assume they never tested it in the real world.
>
>
>> http://www.dslreports.com/scan
>
>
> This one works.
>
>
>>There are also some tests here:-
>> http://www.pcflank.com/
>
>
> This one's broken.


I can get to the web-site without any problems and the Tests are in the
"Test your System Column".

On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 17:16:57 +0100, Tommy <tom@abc> mangled
uncounted electrons thus:

>have just purchased a origo asr 8400
>4 port sp1 firewall adsl modem router
>E-Buyer quick link 48449
>have installed ok but there does not seem to be a firewall
>or am i missing something,on the box it says Firewall optional
>
>Is there something i must setup or been sent the wrong modem
>any help would be appreciated

I have one of those (nice piece of kit, IMHO). I had to upgrade
the firmware in order to get the firewall...

Martin D. Pay
Mine is some 15 months old, now...