question about linksys routers

[jason]

i went to the best buy yesterday to pick up a router, found the one i thought i needed and left. its this model http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Sate...340941&pagename=Linksys/Common/VisitorWrapper
looking at the description it says nothing about a firewall, though i assumed all routers came with firewalls. then i go next door to futureshop and see a very similar router only its called a firewall router. i guess its this model: http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Sate...832406&pagename=Linksys/Common/VisitorWrapper
if i want a firewall on the router, do i need to take the one i bought back and get this one?

 

[webhostdesign]

It says for the linksys "Built-in NAT technology helps keep intruders out of your computers."

NAT is a hardware firewall and very secure and linksys is a very reputable company and highly reccomended when it comes to routers so id just go for that.

 

[Robert]

NAT stands for Network Address Translation. It's the ability to forward ports and what not to certain computers. But if you don't forward any ports, then it acts like a firewall since you haven't opened any ports. It's not the same as a firewall. A firewall is more flexible and gives you more options. But a NAT is sufficient for most home users.

 

[jason]

cool, thanks for the tips. its all hooked up now do you think i should worry about installing a firewall on her computer? or will the nats be enough?

 

[jason]

uh oh. i've hit a snag. when i try and download torrent files from certain sites i get "failed: invalid torrent file" and i notice when i save them to my hard drive and try to open them that way they are 0 bytes in size. i did the port forwarding on 6881-6889 on the router and everything but still doesn't work. sites like torrentspy still work which makes me think its a http referrer thing. however i don't see any way to change this on the router. anyone know the solution?

 

[T^2]

When downloading I think you should temp. turn off your firewall of the router. There should be a firewall feature with an "enable" and "disable" option to it.

 

[Daniel]

invalid torrent file means the torrent file is not allowed on that tracker.