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4HE 'ATEWAY IS CAPABLE OF  CONNECTIONS BUT HAVING NO MORE THAN  CON NECTIONS IS RECOMMENDED !S THE NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS INCREASES THE AVAILABLE SPEED FOR EACH COMPUTER DECREASES

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7HAT IS THEHDEFAULTAUSERNAME FOROTHEH'ATEWAY

4HE DEFAULT USERNAME FOR THE 'ATEWAY IS ADMINMALL LOWER CASE  4O ACTIVATE THE PASSWORD TO PROTECT THE 'ATEWAY CHANGE THE DEFAULT PASSWORD WHICH IS BLANK BY DEFAULT 2EMOTE MANAGEMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE ON THE 'ATEWAY UNTIL THE DEFAULT PASSWORD IS CHANGED

$OES THEH'ATEWAYYFUNCTION AS AAFIREWALL

9ES 4HE 'ATEWAY PROVIDES ITS SECURITY THROUGH THE USE OF A .!4 ANDN30) 3TATEFUL 0ACKET )NSPECTION FIREWALL WHICH ACTS AS A PHYSICAL BARRIER BETWEEN YOUR NET WORK AND THE )NTERNET

7HAT IS .!44ANDNHOWWDOES IT PROTECTTMY NETWORK

.!4 .ETWORK !DDRESS 4RANSLATION IS A TYPE OF SECURITY THAT MASKS THE PRIVATE )0 ADDRESSES OF THE COMPUTERS ON YOUR NETWORK WITH A SINGLE PUBLIC )0 ADDRESS 7ITH .!4 THE PRIVATE )0 ADDRESS OF THE COMPUTERS ON YOUR NETWORK IS NEVER TRANSMITTED OVER THE )NTERNET

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"ECAUSE THE 'ATEWAY HAS FIREWALL SECURITY IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO USE ANY OTHER PROGRAM FOR SECURITY 4HE USE OF THIRDPARTY FIREWALL OR )NTERNET SECURITY SOFT WARE IS NOT RECOMMENDED SINCE CERTAIN PROGRAMS CREATE PROBLEMS ON A PRIVATE NETWORK "LACK)CE $EFENDER .ORTON )NTERNET 3ECURITY AND :ONE!LARM FOR EXAMPLE