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[Fred A. Miller]

On Wed December 8 2004 10:17 am, Ed Hurst wrote:
> Josiah Ritchie wrote:
> >>Ed, understand that I THINK that switch HAS a firewall in firmware. If
> >> so, all you need to do is to plug all 'puters into it, OR, for less than
> >> $20, you can get a good multiport HUB. Plug the HUB into the switch, and
> >> all boxen into the HUB.........easy. Do, however, make sure you setup
> >> the firewall, lame as it is, on any XP box.
> >
> > what kind of switch are we talking about? It's managed? That changes
> > things a bit.
>
> This is an AOpen AOW-650U. I retrieved the user manual and it says
> nothing about firewall in the firmware. It's a "dumb" switch that does
> nothing but coordinate traffic, as far as I can tell. It only cost about
> $20 (US), according to the guy who gave it to me (in trade). If it has
> any kind of settings, I am at a loss to find the means.

Ok........I couldn't get the manual unencrypted, for whatever reason, so 
wasn't able to check the firmware out.

Fred

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