You can use either the firewall on XP or Norton combined with the firewall
on your router.
WPA is not related to these firewalls, together with 802.1x and upper layer
authentication(for example, TLS),
they provides access control, authentication and encryption for your
wireless network only. it can be considered as a subset of IEEE 802.11i.
For home network, usually you can use wpa-psk (pre shared key), in which you
configure the "shared secret" on your access point and
and your client. Basically wpa is concerned about key generation. The upper
layer authenticate generates PMK (master key), or if wpa-psk is used,
psk can be used as pmk. Then WPA generates PTK(pairwise transient key) and
group key for message encryption.
Yi
"Jim" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> The firewall on the router is a hardware firewall which is stronger, but
> running Norton's is a good 2nd to keep running. Two are better then one
> in most cases. Turn off the Windows firewall, they tend to mess up
> everything especially XP service pack 2. You may have to temporarily
> disable the Norton firewall if you are trying to access other computers in
> your home network, then re enable it after you have gained access.
> "Victor" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:908D4C45-0CE1-4DAC-8014-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I am confused about firewalls. I have Norton, then I am about to install
>>a
>> router which has its own firewall, then windows has its own firewall.
>> Which
>> one do i enable? Both Norton and the router's? Does enabling the
>> router's
>> frewall make using norton moot?
>>
>> How does WPA fit into all this ...I have the Buffalo airstation with one
>> desktop(xp pro) and one laptop (xp pro) Thanks
>>
>> Victor
>
>
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