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Do I need a firewall with the Alcatel ADSL modem? Can I disable it?
No, actually you don’t need the firewall. After converting your SpeedTouch Home modem to the Pro version, a firewall (built-in in the modem) is activated by default. You can check this by using software like Zone Alarm to see if attacks take place. You can also check this within the modem:
You can disable/enabled the firewall using:
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Config firewalling=off config firewalling=on
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