Wanna know If the internet connection have been firewalled (by ADSL router) ?

I'm a new ADSL router user. I link my D-Link NIC to D-Link ADSL router
(DSL-500G) to use the internet...

I access the router management software using browser. I would like to know
whether I have been firewalled... any setting to indicate that? Please
advise...
Thanks.

Regards,
Frankie Ooi

I'm using Windows 98 SE....

Frankie Ooi <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm a new ADSL router user. I link my D-Link NIC to D-Link ADSL router
> (DSL-500G) to use the internet...
>
> I access the router management software using browser. I would like to
know
> whether I have been firewalled... any setting to indicate that? Please
> advise...
> Thanks.
>
> Regards,
> Frankie Ooi
>
>

> I access the router management software using browser. I would like to know
> whether I have been firewalled... any setting to indicate that? Please
> advise...

www.grc.com - follow the "shields up" link for a quick and dirty check

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Thanks, Colin Wilson, I visited the tested the connection and ports....
A very good website indeed... by the way, what do you mean by dirty check?

Regards,
Frankie Ooi

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> > I access the router management software using browser. I would like to
know
> > whether I have been firewalled... any setting to indicate that? Please
> > advise...
>
> www.grc.com - follow the "shields up" link for a quick and dirty check

> Thanks, Colin Wilson, I visited the tested the connection and ports....
> A very good website indeed... by the way, what do you mean by dirty check?

It was part of a phrase "quick and dirty" - meant nothing other than its
a fast check, but isn`t a fully comprehensive scan.

If it passes you`re probably fine though :-)

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A few of my ports are in STEALTH mode... other than than, everything works
fine in Windows...
Thanks...


Colin Wilson <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> > Thanks, Colin Wilson, I visited the tested the connection and ports....
> > A very good website indeed... by the way, what do you mean by dirty
check?
>
> It was part of a phrase "quick and dirty" - meant nothing other than its
> a fast check, but isn`t a fully comprehensive scan.
>
> If it passes you`re probably fine though :-)
>
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> A few of my ports are in STEALTH mode... other than than, everything works
> fine in Windows...

Stealth is good, closed is "not" so good, and open may be worrying.

Does the router support UPnP ? - that may potentially be a security
issue, and there`s a small program on www.grc.com that will disable this
"feature" (UPnP will allow Windows to request a port to be opened in the
router, which might be dangerous if the request came from a trojan /
virus)

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UnPlug n' Pray, there I got it... Thanks...
finally, I went ShieldsUP! checking and got this:
"Your Internet port 139 does not appear to exist"

Regards,
Frankie Ooi

"Colin Wilson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> > A few of my ports are in STEALTH mode... other than than, everything
works
> > fine in Windows...
>
> Stealth is good, closed is "not" so good, and open may be worrying.
>
> Does the router support UPnP ? - that may potentially be a security
> issue, and there`s a small program on www.grc.com that will disable this
> "feature" (UPnP will allow Windows to request a port to be opened in the
> router, which might be dangerous if the request came from a trojan /
> virus)
>
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> UnPlug n' Pray, there I got it... Thanks...
> finally, I went ShieldsUP! checking and got this:
> "Your Internet port 139 does not appear to exist"

Your router will handle any outgoing traffic from that port, the message
simply means its not directly responding to requests it hadn`t asked for
aka stealth (and the wonders of NAT).

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I see it now... Thanks, Colin Wilson.
Frankie Ooi

"Colin Wilson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> > UnPlug n' Pray, there I got it... Thanks...
> > finally, I went ShieldsUP! checking and got this:
> > "Your Internet port 139 does not appear to exist"
>
> Your router will handle any outgoing traffic from that port, the message
> simply means its not directly responding to requests it hadn`t asked for
> aka stealth (and the wonders of NAT).
>
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