[CS-FSLUG] My turn for being clueless

[Josiah Ritchie]

On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 09:17 -0600, Ed Hurst wrote:
> Josiah Ritchie wrote:
> >>Ed, understand that I THINK that switch HAS a firewall in firmware. If so, all 
> >>you need to do is to plug all 'puters into it, OR, for less than $20, you can 
> >>get a good multiport HUB. Plug the HUB into the switch, and all boxen into 
> >>the HUB.........easy. Do, however, make sure you setup the firewall, lame as 
> >>it is, on any XP box.
> > 
> > what kind of switch are we talking about? It's managed? That changes
> > things a bit. 
> 
> This is an AOpen AOW-650U. I retrieved the user manual and it says
> nothing about firewall in the firmware. It's a "dumb" switch that does
> nothing but coordinate traffic, as far as I can tell. It only cost about
> $20 (US), according to the guy who gave it to me (in trade). If it has
> any kind of settings, I am at a loss to find the means.

Sounds like our assumptions were accurate then. No need to re-evaluate.
A managed switch would certainly cost more.

JSR/