Replaced a Netgerar router with an Airport extreme. Should I reconnect the SonicWall, type APL04-017 firewall?

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Replaced a Netgerar router with an Airport extreme. Should I reconnect the SonicWall, type APL04-017 firewall?

Replaced a Netgerar router with an Airport extreme. Should I reconnect the SonicWall, type APL04-017 firewal

AirPort Extreme 802.11n (5th Gen), Windows XP

Posted on Mar 9, 2012 2:18 PM

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Tesserax

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Mar 9, 2012 6:59 PM in response to highfiguy

The AirPort has a built-in NAT firewall. Unless you have a specific need for an additional firewall or other features that it provides, I would leave it out of your network configuration for now.

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highfiguy Author

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Mar 10, 2012 9:42 AM in response to Tesserax

Thank you for your input.

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