G4 to G3 home network question

master chiefmaster chief
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
I am a total newbie to setting up a home network so I have a couple of issues that I can't seem to find the answers to...



1) I just bought the DLink 614+ cable router and set it up to network wirelessly with an iMac and via ethernet, my MDD G4 and B&W G3. All is working fine right now but I am still unclear whether I have a valid firewall set up. Does the router's default off-the-shelf settings give me a good reliable firewall? Or do I have to go into the router's configuration menu and turn on and off ports and IP addresses (scary! since I have no idea what I am doing)



2) My setup consists of my G4/monitor connected through the router to my G3/without monitor. So my G3 is essentially acting as an external hard drive. My question is... is there a way to shut down my G3 at the same time my G4 shuts down? Or will I have to keep my G3 on all the time - I can't shut this machine down since I have no monitor connected to it to see what I am doing.



Any help would be greatly appreciated!



Thanks

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 4
    jaynyjayny Posts: 15member
    I have the same router, there should be a webadress(in numerals) that you go to to configure all that. We didn't do much because we live in the sticks and aren't too worried about security.
  • Reply 2 of 4
    master chiefmaster chief Posts: 25member
    [quote]Originally posted by jayny:

    <strong>I have the same router, there should be a webadress(in numerals) that you go to to configure all that. We didn't do much because we live in the sticks and aren't too worried about security.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    -yeah I know about the router configuration web address, I just don't know how to configure the firewall settings. Or even if they need to be configured in my setup.
  • Reply 3 of 4
    airslufairsluf Posts: 1,861member
  • Reply 4 of 4
    ebbyebby Posts: 3,110member
    If you havn't configured any ports, none shoulld be open and the firewall is working it's best. As for the G3 situation, you could use VNC (Free) to shut down the computer but the program will crash each time. <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" /> <a href="http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/download.html"; target="_blank">Linkage</a>
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