New ADSL router query

Just installed my shiny new Buffalo Air Station G54 ADSL Wireless router,
which seems to have a fairly comprehensive firewall built in (you can tell
it's my first router - I've just upgraded from the Alcatel frog).

I'm running Windows XP Pro SP1 with the latest version of ZoneAlarm (free)
and I'm wondering if I need to have ZA now that the router is in place.

Ta muchly.

Trent SC <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote on Fri, 8 Oct 2004 at 19:11:54:
>Just installed my shiny new Buffalo Air Station G54 ADSL Wireless router,
>which seems to have a fairly comprehensive firewall built in (you can tell
>it's my first router - I've just upgraded from the Alcatel frog).
>
>I'm running Windows XP Pro SP1 with the latest version of ZoneAlarm (free)
>and I'm wondering if I need to have ZA now that the router is in place.

ZA gives you some protection against unauthorised *outgoing* traffic on
a program-by-program basis; the router firewall can't do that.

Noting that you're still on SP1, I was pleasantly surprised when the
upgrade to SP2 here detected that I was running ZA and automatically
kept it instead of enabling the SP2 firewall.

--
Tony

Tony <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

: Noting that you're still on SP1, I was pleasantly surprised when the
: upgrade to SP2 here detected that I was running ZA and automatically
: kept it instead of enabling the SP2 firewall.

ZA is better than the SP2 firewall. Clever of the upgrade to realise this!

Brian McIlwrath <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote on Fri, 8 Oct 2004 at
18:58:55:
>Tony <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>: Noting that you're still on SP1, I was pleasantly surprised when the
>: upgrade to SP2 here detected that I was running ZA and automatically
>: kept it instead of enabling the SP2 firewall.
>
>ZA is better than the SP2 firewall. Clever of the upgrade to realise this!

Indeed, although I'd like to know if SP2's "Firewall startup and
shutdown support" is matched by ZA.

--
Tony

On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 19:41:15 +0100, Tony
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Noting that you're still on SP1, I was pleasantly surprised when the
>upgrade to SP2 here detected that I was running ZA and automatically
>kept it instead of enabling the SP2 firewall.

Interesting. Mine detected ZA and told me it had, but enabled itself
anyway. This was the case with both of my home computers. Once I
disabled it, it then decided it would monitor the performance of ZA
and NAV. Since ZA also monitors NAV I decided to shut off SP2's
monitoring of everything before my machines started fall over
themselves with introspection!