What is a firewall made of?

[Hyperblaze]

And i don't mean an electronic one.....

I mean the ones which are in apartment buildings...

it's a wall but it's called a firewall for some reason. Curious to know what it is made of

 

[aplefka]

Like a router you mean? It's still kinda the same thing I think; there's software in the hardware.

 

[KLin]

some kind of non-flammable material would be my guess.

 

fire resistant drywall (3 layers or so)

 

[TuxDave]

Originally posted by: aplefka
Like a router you mean? It's still kinda the same thing I think; there's software in the hardware.

Reading comprehension?

 

[Hyperblaze]

Originally posted by: KLin
some kind of non-flammable material would be my guess.

would it be some kinda of wood..or metal?

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: aplefka
Like a router you mean? It's still kinda the same thing I think; there's software in the hardware.

Were you sick the day they taught reading comprehension at school?

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: Jero

Originally posted by: KLin
some kind of non-flammable material would be my guess.

would it be some kinda of wood..or metal?

I would say some kind of masonry material (cinder blocks), etc. Or even what Troytime said, fire resistant drywall.

 

[aplefka]

Sheesh... I guess the late-night crowd doesn't take to sarcasm too well.

 

masonry would be best - but that'd be hella expensive

i live in a new townhouse - i snuck in when it was being built (to run cat6 and speaker wire)

the units were separated with 3 layers of green drywall, as well as the typical insulation and interior drywall.

 

[Hyperblaze]

Originally posted by: troytime
masonry would be best - but that'd be hella expensive

i live in a new townhouse - i snuck in when it was being built (to run cat6 and speaker wire)

the units were separated with 3 layers of green drywall, as well as the typical insulation and interior drywall.

hehe cool

 

[Hyperblaze]

reason why I'm asking about the firewall is because I'm planning on having a wireless network at my place and the signal needs to either go through it or around it.

 

sharing with the neighbor? (or borrowing?)

 

[TuxDave]

Originally posted by: aplefka
Sheesh... I guess the late-night crowd doesn't take to sarcasm too well.

My sarcasm meter doesn't turn on without a closing

 

[BannedTroll]

Drywall

 

[Hyperblaze]

Originally posted by: troytime
sharing with the neighbor? (or borrowing?)

not really.

the cat5 cabling that i have is just making my place look messy so planning on switching to wireless

I'm also under pressure by some ladies to get my place better looking.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

1's and 0's.

 

[simms]

Funny how talk of drywall actually relates to networking in some weird way, connected by the word "firewall"

 

if its just for your own place you shouldn't have any issue with your wireless networking and fire resistant wall

the firewall will only separate your pad from your neighbors

 

[otispunkmeyer]

ass-bestos

 

[chiwawa626]

If I was going to make one I would make it out of water :Q