Whoo hoooo got myself some broadband

[GT98]

Well been kicking around getting cable for the past couple months and I finally broke down and got it tonight. I made out pretty good at Ciruit City with buying everything...I got a Motorola Surfboard SB4100 Cable modem for $25 bucks after rebates and i even got a Dlink Ethernet Card for free after rebates on it. I'm waiting on comcast to give me my ID number so I can try out the sucker...My question is what should I get for software to hold me over till I get a hardware router with firewall protection?

Thanks

Scott

[Jon P. Inghram]

If you really feel you need a firewall I'd just get Zone Alarm at www.zonelabs.com

[Snake-Eyes]

Originally posted by Jon P. Inghram
If you really feel you need a firewall I'd just get Zone Alarm at www.zonelabs.com

yep. ZA is currently the best firewall software going (at least for free, or even anything reasonable for most people to use at home).

[ayoub_ibrahim]

wish I had broadband!

[cbman]

Don't worry... you aren't missing much... after you download the whole net once or twice you start to wonder what there is left to do

[Admiral]

Don't worry... you aren't missing much... after you download the whole net once or twice you start to wonder what there is left to do

Play online games and have a decent ping.

[cbman]

Microsoft(R) Windows 98
(C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981-1999.

C:\WINDOWS>ping www.onlinegames.com

Pinging www.onlinegames.com [65.45.135.39] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 65.45.135.39: bytes=32 time=153ms TTL=238
Reply from 65.45.135.39: bytes=32 time=151ms TTL=238
Reply from 65.45.135.39: bytes=32 time=148ms TTL=238
Reply from 65.45.135.39: bytes=32 time=149ms TTL=238

Ping statistics for 65.45.135.39:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 148ms, Maximum = 153ms, Average = 150ms

C:\WINDOWS>



Heh Heh

[cjolley]

Microsoft(R) Windows 98
(C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981-1999.

C:\WINDOWS>ping www.onlinegames.com

Pinging www.onlinegames.com [65.45.135.39] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 65.45.135.39: bytes=32 time=90ms TTL=240
Reply from 65.45.135.39: bytes=32 time=90ms TTL=240
Reply from 65.45.135.39: bytes=32 time=91ms TTL=240
Reply from 65.45.135.39: bytes=32 time=90ms TTL=240

Ping statistics for 65.45.135.39:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 90ms, Maximum = 91ms, Average = 90ms

C:\WINDOWS>


chuck

[xortam]

Pinging www.onlinegames.com [65.45.135.39] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 65.45.135.39: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=240
Reply from 65.45.135.39: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=240
Reply from 65.45.135.39: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=240
Reply from 65.45.135.39: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=240

Ping statistics for 65.45.135.39:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 30ms, Maximum = 40ms, Average = 35ms

So, what's your point?

[cbman]

Originally posted by Admiral


Play online games and have a decent ping.

Just having some fun... LOL