Currently I am going MODEM- to computer. If I was to add in a linksys wrt54g2 wireless router in the mix how would I tell Norton There is a router there. What changes would I need to make. The wireless router is only for my playstation 3 game system.
Currently I am going MODEM- to computer. If I was to add in a linksys wrt54g2 wireless router in the mix how would I tell Norton There is a router there. What changes would I need to make. The wireless router is only for my playstation 3 game system.
nobody will be connecting computers to it. Its just for my game system. But still no changes right?
I suggest that you go ahead and hook it up the way you want it and then post back if you have any problems. It’s very difficult troubleshooting something that hasn’t happened yet. Did you not have this system running before, or was that a different router?
GreatNate1312 wrote:nobody will be connecting computers to it. Its just for my game system. But still no changes right?
Correct. As Delphinium stated, just hook this up and we will go from there if there are any problems. Norton will see that you are connected to a wireless network now and there should not be any problems with that.
Actually, if you don’t connect the computer to the router, then your setup will not have changed a bit. Norton won’t know you have a router and there is no need for it to know, as your machine is not even connected to it. Or am I missing something?
Norton does not detect how many routers and modems are on your network. It would post a security risk if it did. Norton will simply note that the game system has been added to your network. If you set-up the network map where you tell norton what each thing on the network is then you could tell norton that it is connecting wirelessly. Of course whether or not you set-up the network map this way does not change how secure your network is.
GreatNate:
Things are becoming more and more confusing here. If you use the wireless router only for your game system, how do you intend to connect your computer? Are you going wireless on the computer as well? Can you actually explain in detail what you want to connect to what, so we have a better idea of what you are doing?
Come to think of it delphinium is right. Are you using a modem/router combo to plug in your computer and the wireless router or is your computer going to be plugged into the wireless router via ethernet cable?
I seem to recall there being a Vonage V-Portal with built-in firewall being in the mix here somewhere. Is that still how you are connecting? If so, your options are to connect two or more devices using either a switch or a router. If the latter, then you will be connecting your PC to the router.
Here is my current setup. I just recently added the router. Modem- to router, router to vonage v-portal device, v portal device to computer.
How do I let norton know that I will be using the wireless router for game systems? PS3 WII Nintendo ds???
Here is what my map looks like now, I dont see the router. I have everything connected through ethernet
You won’t see the router in the Network Security Map. You will only see other devices on your LAN. Just waiting for your image to be visible.
was it bad of me not to block out the physical address???
GreatNate1312 wrote:How do I let norton know that I will be using the wireless router for game systems? PS3 WII Nintendo ds???
There is no need, nor is there a way to do this. Network Protection safeguards your computer, via the Norton Smart Firewall, from threats that may originate from other devices on your LAN. If you put the Nintendo on the same network as your PC, NIS will see it and configure your computer to either allow communications with it or not, based on the overall network trust level (still cannot see your image, so I am assuming the PS3 is on the network map). Or you can manually edit the trust level of individual devices if necessary.
Jive is right. Norton only detects the things on your network, not what is used to connect them to the network. The norton smart firewall will do this and create rules for how and in what way each device can communicate with your computer.
GreatNate1312 wrote:
was it bad of me not to block out the physical address?????
It may have been. For screen images to be allowed in the forums you want to use paint to erase any personally identifiable info and hope that none of the admins are having a bad day
. Try this...
1. Take the screen image of the network map again.
2. Remove your system tray from the picture.
3. Black out any and all IP addresses and device names.
4. Use paint to draw circles around each of the objects in the map picture and use a text box next to each to tell us what each one is (use general names like my home computer, the game system, etc.)
Hope this helps!
GreatNate,
Your image still has not posted and something's been bugging me all day. Is the Nintendo appearing in the Norton Network Security Map? You have the Vonage V-Portal between your computer and the router, and since the V-Portal is itself a single-port router with a firewall, I was wondering if it had isolated your PC from the rest of the network (i.e., the Nintendo). This configuration may produce some otherwise unanticipated omissions from the network map, depending upon the actual functioning of the V-Portal. As long as all devices have connectivity to the internet, having your PC behind its own hardware firewall might actually be the most secure setup. So post back and let us know what the network map shows and if everything can get online ok.
delphinium wrote:GreatNate:
Things are becoming more and more confusing here. If you use the wireless router only for your game system, how do you intend to connect your computer? Are you going wireless on the computer as well? Can you actually explain in detail what you want to connect to what, so we have a better idea of what you are doing?
I'm going in late and jumping over a lot of earlier posts.
However, my son has an Ipod Touch and it connects directly to the internet via a wireless router hooked to the house's modem. It has no connection to the computers ... but it could, I suppose, had it appropriate software.
I hate the d a m n things, by the way. You can't put security on it, can't monitor what a kid does with it, and it's a conduit into your wireless network.
GreatNate1312 wrote:Here is my current setup. I just recently added the router. Modem- to router, router to vonage v-portal device, v portal device to computer.
How do I let norton know that I will be using the wireless router for game systems? PS3 WII Nintendo ds???
I'm going to skip all the other posts and just answer this one.
You don't have to tell Norton anything about the wireless router. It does not control the wireless router; it will only (if anything at all) connect to it for internet service but that is doubtful as the v-portal device will probably shield you from the router.
So, plug them all together, see if they work properly and just enjoy.
None of my game devices connect to my computer. So I dont need to do anything? Im on a wep encryption with a password. That is all I have done in router settings. nothing els. I know its not very secure but its all my game devices support