turning firewall off

Is it possible to turn off your router's firewall to save port forwarding;
or is that a bad idea?...newbie router user.

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p.mc

p.mc wrote:
> Is it possible to turn off your router's firewall to save port
> forwarding; or is that a bad idea?...newbie router user.
>
It is a bad idea

"Geoff Lane" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:hfu0jm$bgk$(E-Mail Removed)...
> p.mc wrote:
>> Is it possible to turn off your router's firewall to save port
>> forwarding; or is that a bad idea?...newbie router user.
>
> Most modern routers have a DMZ setting that forwards any incomming data to
> a specific computer.
>
> Not sure why you would want to turn the firewall off though.
>
> Interesting experiment, if you have been used to using a software firewall
> such as ZoneAlarm or Norton check the log file with the router's firewall
> both on and off.
>
> With the router's firewall on very little will reach the software
> firewall.
>
> Geoff Lane
>

Hi

I used to have a modem supplied by tiscali and sygate's software firewall on
my pc, I still run sygate with the router though. Does that mean I shouldn't
run sygate no more because my router does the firewall job?

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p.mc