Speedtouch 510 question

I am about to go ADSL, and am thinking about a Speedtouch 510v4 router. Will it
work with both static and dynamic address.
Also how hard is the firewall to setup. I will mainly be usind it fot
surfing/e-mail and uploading my website maybe the odd game of unreal.

Thank Mark

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> I am about to go ADSL, and am thinking about a Speedtouch 510v4 router. Will it
> work with both static and dynamic address.
> Also how hard is the firewall to setup. I will mainly be usind it fot
> surfing/e-mail and uploading my website maybe the odd game of unreal.

I've got one with the 4.0.0.92 firmware (I think).

It copes nicely with static, and there's no reason why it shouldn't be able
to cope with dynamic IPs.

Firewall : Depends what you're after. It's set for maximum security out of
the box. No incoming connections allowed. If you know you've got certain
ports needed, you can set up a NAT entry just for those, but that's about
the extent of that.

It has UPnP, which means instant messenger apps can make their own NAT
entries.

TBH, the only reason I've got _any_ holes in my firewall, is because I run
several virtual web servers, running from different ports, so people can
connect to me on a set port, and they get a specific section of a web site.
If you don't need this, you'll probably never have to adjust the firewall at
all, and leave it in the normal secure mode.

FWIW, opening up 7777 7778 7787 7788 will allow you to _host_ an Unreal
game.

HTH

Pete.

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"Whiteflyer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bqltch$t6g$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am about to go ADSL, and am thinking about a Speedtouch 510v4 router.
Will it
> work with both static and dynamic address.

Yes, it will work with both

> Also how hard is the firewall to setup. I will mainly be usind it fot
> surfing/e-mail and uploading my website maybe the odd game of unreal.

Havent used the 510v4 but a review of it is at
http://www.adslguide.org.uk/hardware...q4/st510v4.asp

The firewall is not supposed to be the simplest to set up as it needs to be
done via CLI - however, someone has recently designed a GUI program to make
this task a lot easier - see http://speedtouch.martinc.me.uk/ for details

Also for anyone else interested who already has a 510v4, version 4.2.5 of
the 510 firmware (as well as other Alcatel firmware) is available at
http://www.speedtouch.co.uk/upgrade.asp

Regards
Sunil