Cheryl,

The DSE router may have a firewall but it may not be configured. You can
check to see what ports are open by visiting the following sites:

SheildsUp from www.grc.com
SOS from scan.sygate.com
The scan page from www.dslreports.com/scan

If you run any of these it should tell you if the firewall on the router is
working.

The main reason to change passwords on the router is in a shared environment
where you don't want other people on your LAN to access the router and play
with it. I read a report a while ago that claimed that 80% of all security
breaches are from the LAN side.

Jonathon.

-----Original Message-----
From: Cheryl [mailto:cheryl@kaiapoi.co.nz]
Sent: Friday, 29 November 2002 22:02
To: adsl@lists.unixathome.org
Subject: Re: DSE ADSL Router

Just a follow up report on my adsl experience to date.
Got my modem, arranged for installation on Thursday morning and told it
would be done at the exchange by Thurs noon. Rung up at 8.45am and told it
was completed.
Went to install the modem found 2 of my USB ports don't work, installation
went great until I decided to change the default passwords which the manual
highly recommended. Somehow something went wrong and my new user name and
password would not work or the default one. Went back to DSE today as the
router was less than 7 days old they replaced it as to reset the defaults
needs to be done in the factory. Came home set every thing up and it works
fine although at present I am only using it with one PC. Seem to be d/ling
with gozilla at 14.5 to 16k/s which is around 3x what I was with dial up.
Question As I am running Zone Alarm is it necessary to change the passwords
on the Router?
Cheryl

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