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Do I need a firewall with the Alcatel ADSL modem? Can I disable it?
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No, actually you don't need the firewall. After converting your SpeedTouch Home modem to the Pro version, a firewall (built-in in the modem) is activated by default. You can check this by using software like Zone Alarm to see if attacks take place. You can also check this within the modem:
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Open a telnet session to the modem ("start" - "run" - "telnet 10.0.0.138").
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When asked for a username, type your username and password (the one you've configured here Upgrade from Alcatel SpeedTouch Home to Pro)
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At the prompt type "ip" (without the quotes)
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At the new prompt type "config" (without the quotes).
You can disable/enabled the firewall using:
Config firewalling=off config firewalling=on
