Kyocera KR1

Can anyone tell me how to set up the firewall in the KR1?

I have had firewalls on my PC for years, but none of them were much easier
for a none techie to set up.

CSSJR

On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:07:33 -0400, Claude S. Sutton wrote:

> Can anyone tell me how to set up the firewall in the KR1?
>
> I have had firewalls on my PC for years, but none of them were much easier
> for a none techie to set up.
>
> CSSJR

Sorry about that.

Meant to say "all of them were much easier to set up".

Claude, On page 20 of the pdf,
http://www.kyocera-wireless.com/kr1-...ser-guides.htm


You have the section explained on how to apply the firewall rules. Is
this enough or are there other concepts which your not to clear on?
(if you need: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewall_(networking) ) .

On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 05:25:57 -0700, LC wrote:

> Claude, On page 20 of the pdf,
> http://www.kyocera-wireless.com/kr1-...ser-guides.htm
>
>
> You have the section explained on how to apply the firewall rules. Is
> this enough or are there other concepts which your not to clear on?
> (if you need: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewall_(networking) ) .

I have the KR1 CD.

I have the information displayed in your link.

The problem is that all of the firewalls I have used in the past, and that
has been several over years, have worked like Zone Alarm.

I have in the past had 6 different firewalls, but when I try to think of a
name, my mind goes blank and I can't even think of the one that is on my
windoze machine at present.

I have Firestarter on this machine, and it is also very easy to set up.

All of them had a relatively easy set up.

Have you looked at the firewall set up page for the KR1?

If so, what starting and ending range would you enter?

What would you enter in the port beginning and ending?

I appreciate the answer, but you are assuming that I know more than I know.

But thanks for the reply.

CSSJR

Basically, the firewall if enabled will block all ports - except
internet web viewing. What you need to do is really just make sure the
firewall is enabled - which by default it would be. Any exceptions to
this need, that is, you have an application or software, that requires
open ports, or interactivity from the inside out, will need to be
specified on the firewall. It is then, when you need to place firewall
rules. So basically these exceptions will require ports to be opened.
Usually the software or application will tell you, in the
documentation, which port or range of ports need to be accessible.

That's it in a nutshell. But I would just run it and when you have an
application that doesn't work, then let us know and we'll tell you
which feature or port you may have to activate.

G'Luck.

On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:53:15 -0700, LC wrote:

> Basically, the firewall if enabled will block all ports - except
> internet web viewing. What you need to do is really just make sure the
> firewall is enabled - which by default it would be.

It is not enabled by default.
>
> That's it in a nutshell. But I would just run it and when you have an
> application that doesn't work, then let us know and we'll tell you
> which feature or port you may have to activate.
>
> G'Luck.

In a nutshell, you have to specify beginning and ending DNS addresses,
ports, etc., before the router will accept the instruction to enable.

So it is not so simple as the typical software firewall on the ordinary PC.

You can see the set up page by googling Kyocera KR1 manual and downloading
the PDF.

I appreciate the help, but this firewall requires more steps.

I tried to set it up to block port 80, which Shields Up shows as open, but
after I made the effort, it still shows open even though the set -up shown
at the bottom of the page shows 80 to be blocked.

CSSJR

Hmm let see, above you said 'the firewall' in the KR1, not the
internet connection or otherwise - DNS addresses.

I think you mean you'd like an Ip Filter. " Use IP Filters to deny
LAN IP addresses from accessing the Internet. You can deny specific
port numbers or
all ports for the specific IP address.By default the IP Filters is
Disabled." Such that a specific IP / pc on your lan does not have
access to the web, port 80? If so apply, by enabling IP filter, place
the ip of you pc, and port, in this case 80, and the time of the
filter.

LC

On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:42:43 -0700, LC wrote:

> Hmm let see, above you said 'the firewall' in the KR1, not the
> internet connection or otherwise - DNS addresses.
>
> I think you mean you'd like an Ip Filter. " Use IP Filters to deny
> LAN IP addresses from accessing the Internet. You can deny specific
> port numbers or
> all ports for the specific IP address.By default the IP Filters is
> Disabled." Such that a specific IP / pc on your lan does not have
> access to the web, port 80? If so apply, by enabling IP filter, place
> the ip of you pc, and port, in this case 80, and the time of the
> filter.
>
> LC


No, I mean firewall. I do not want port 80 open to the outside.

Right now, it shows open when tested by Shields Up and when tested by
System>Administration>Network Tools.

CSSJR

Do you have a service running on port 80?

On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:26:03 -0700, LC wrote:

> Do you have a service running on port 80?

According to NETSTAT, no.

An interesting thing.

I have been on line since 8:30 PM Sept.12. I have Firestarter on the
laptop. Ordinarily in that length of time, firestarter will show dozens
of "events" some of which it will show as serious.

There has not been one single event until a few minutes ago I pinged
192.168.0.1

This seems to indicate that the KR1 firewall is stopping pings, etc.,
before they get to firestarter.

However, since the communications part of computing is something I have
never been able to grasp, that is probably not correct.

Except the question remains: Why no long list of events?

I just changed ISP's. Does this ISP do something previous ISP's did not?

CSSJR