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Bosco78
Mar 11, 2025Aspirant
RS-700
How do you turn on the firewall for RS-700, or make sure it is on?
Bosco78 wrote:
How do you turn on the firewall for RS-700, or make sure it is on?
You don't. It is on.
Netgear routers came with an integrated firewall unless you decide to subscribe to something extra like Armor.
The routers do have various "Firewall and Internet Security" features that you can tweak. The manual goes into those:
Visit the support pages:
Support | NETGEAR
Feed in your model number and check the documentation for your hardware.
Any particular issue that you are trying to fix?
Just another user with time on their hands.
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Bosco78 wrote:
How do you turn on the firewall for RS-700, or make sure it is on?
You don't. It is on.
Netgear routers came with an integrated firewall unless you decide to subscribe to something extra like Armor.
The routers do have various "Firewall and Internet Security" features that you can tweak. The manual goes into those:
Visit the support pages:
Support | NETGEAR
Feed in your model number and check the documentation for your hardware.
Any particular issue that you are trying to fix?
Just another user with time on their hands.