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Router firewall is existent?

My computer is connected as follows: Computer --> Router --> DSL Modem --> Modem

When i got the router, i vaguely remember the box saying that is has a firewall, so is the firewall built into the router and filters whatever goes through it, and is it actually doing anything?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Yes routers handle your inbound connections(there called hardware firewalls) but you also need a outbound firewall(such as windows firewall, don't know how good you are with computers but it's pretty noobish, but gets the job done)

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