Filters on Netgear RT311 Router

[FOBSIDE]

i have a netgear rt311 router and i was curious as to what the filters do exactly. here is my current setup which is the default. thanks in advance for any info...

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Menu 21 - Filter Set Configuration

Filter Filter
Set # Comments Set # Comments
------ ----------------- ------ -----------------
1 NetBIOS_WAN 7 _______________
2 NetBIOS_LAN 8 _______________
3 TEL_FTP_WEB_WAN 9 _______________
4 _______________ 10 _______________
5 _______________ 11 _______________
6 _______________ 12 _______________



Enter Filter Set Number to Configure= 0

 

[CoolTech]

Menu 21 - Filter Set Configuration

Filter Filter
Set # Comments Set # Comments
------ ----------------- ------ -----------------
1 NetBIOS_WAN 7 _______________
2 NetBIOS_LAN 8 _______________
3 TEL_FTP_WEB_WAN 9 _______________
4 _______________ 10 _______________
5 _______________ 11 _______________
6 _______________ 12 _______________

those are to block certain ports, its part of your routers firewalled nature. check www.dslreports.com forums, you will learn a lot there, and apply DrTCP's filters to become STEALTH on the grc test

 

[FOBSIDE]

ok well right now i have a roommate who is a med student at ucla and he cant get access to the biomed library databases and hes called the techies and they tell him its probably because hes behind a firewall. is there anyway around that?

 

[n0cmonkey]

It depends on the database setup. how is he accessing it? What port is it on?