"Michael Chare" <MunderscoreNEWS@chareDOTorg.uk> wrote:
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> Well I allowed the port to be opened. The 'Speedtouch (router firmware)
> upgrade wizard ran and is listed under 'Exceptions' but its box is not
> ticked.[/color]

Seems to me like the rule has been entered, but it's no longer active. Make
sure your router firewall is enabled, and you should be safe.

You can probe your own ports from this web site, to check out the status of
them:

[url]https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2[/url]
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> I had no end of trouble because when the router's configuration web pages
> is accessed it prompts for a password and then ignores to answer because
> of some incompatibilty with the new firmware and IE7. A problem that I
> ran into the moment I set a password for the router's administrator.[/color]

There is an issue with IE7 and some of the Thomson router modems, that may
be what you've run into. A work-around using telnet will solve the problem.
Take a look at dafca's post in this thread:

[url]http://forums.microsoft.com/technet/showpost.aspx?postid=806471&siteid=17&sb=0&d=1&at=7&ft=11&tf=0&pageid=0[/url]

(Or just use a different browser, this is an IE7 problem only.)

Charlie42