[conspire] running ifconfig - getting errors and collisions

[Darlene Wallach]

Andrew Porter wrote:
> I have a symantec firewall/router, VPN-100, and cable,
> and some months ago it started dropping the connection 
> extremely frequently.  Nosing around in google searchs,
> the likeliest explanation seemed to be malformed packets
> trying to break into the Symantec box.  A few weeks later,
> the problem went away; my conjecture is that the malformed
> packets were filtered out upstream (at comcast, which is 
> my wire to the world).  Conjecture untested.  And assumption
> that malformed packets were malicious also untested.
> 
> I found and downloaded from the Net the proposed upgrade
> to the Symantec firmware, but couldn't figure out how to =
> upload it from my computer to the Symantec box.  So I still
> have old firmware.  
> 
> - Andrew Porter, app at jedp.com
> Livermore, CA
> 

I'm using firestarter as my firewall. DSL Extreme sent me a
DSL modem when I ordered the service.

Darlene