firewall in external dsl modem? or router?

ukbobboy01 · #1 (**permalink**) August 3rd, 2007

Paul

From what I have found out, it seems that your modem does not have a built in firewall but your router has. This is what D-Link says about it:

Quote:

With the DI-524 Wireless Router's built-in advanced firewall, threats of hackers penetrating your network are minimized. Some firewall features include functions that allow or disallow certain ports to be open for certain applications. Time scheduling can be established as a firewall rule so that specific ports will be open at certain times and be closed at other times. Features like content filtering, MAC filtering, URL blocking, and domain blocking are useful tools to prevent other unwanted intruders from connecting to your network or browsing restricted sites.

So, I suggest that you first download a userguide and read up on your equipment, here is the URL:

D-Link DI-524 High Speed 2.4GHz (802.11g) Wireless Router

Finally, I could not find anything that could help you configure your router on the "Port Forwarding" site other than "PFConfig" an automated port forwarding utility which you may have to buy, here is the URL:

https://portforward.com/store/pfconfig.cgi

However, check out the site because something could be there that may help you:

PortForward.com - Free Help Setting up Your Router or Firewall

Good Luck

UK Bob

birdy · #2 (**permalink**) August 3rd, 2007

Did LW ever work well with Java 1.6.0_02 installed? That version works fine for me but some people have had problems with it. You could try this older version of Java & see whether that makes any difference. Use the JRE offline installer & remove your current Java version before you install this one.
Archive: Download Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Update 11

It wouldn't hurt to delete LW's preferences folder when LW's properly closed. See point 3 here & also point 2 if you've used older versions of LW in the past (there could be a folder in either location).
Fixes for LimeWire
This will kill all of your settings within options, you'll have to go back through afterwards & reset things. If you're not sure of your settings, go through LW's tools > options & write them all down, so that you can reset things later.

These instructions should help you to set up port forwarding.
Port Forwarding for the Dlink DI-524
As LOTR said before, don't forget the step of setting up a static IP first

LW's listening port, port in the 'manual port forward' box & port forwarded within the router all have to be the same number.

This will explain a bit more about a static IP address

PortForward.com - Free Help Setting up Your Router or Firewall