Routers are pretty good firewalls but for an added closed door, most people turn on the computer firewall too. fwiw.. I've configured many computers for family and friends without firewalls,,, so a couple of days were certainly no problems. One computer here Was online 24/7 for years that ran lan server duty. mail, DNS, Time, WWW server, etc... no firewall, no problems ever. It got junk mail on its mail account name that was never ever used online. Computer was only used by guests and me occassionly for browser duty when I screw up and need a driver or something.

Thanks for the suggestions so far. We do not have VOIP, this router (although marketed for Vonage) was a close-out and thus, cheap. We only use the internet connectivity part of the router. We have no telephones at all. There is no possibility that anyone else is using our bandwidth. For one, we are subject to FAP and believe me we would know (our allowance is 185 MB a day in downloads). Also, even though it is a wireless signal, it isn't that strong and someone would have to be on our road, on our property, pretty much right in front of the house to use our signal. So, no, there is no misuse of our bandwidth. We do not use a firewall. We have tried them, and simply did not like how much they slowed down our computers. The router nor the Hughes Net modem does not have a firewall. We don't want a firewall on our systems. I also feel that our antivirus and spyware programs are suitable for our needs- I don't want to add any more programs- our machines are not "souped up" modern machines but they serve our needs well. In other words, small hard drives and enough memory to do what we need to do. We use the Tea Timer in Spybot, along with the browser protection. At one time we had Spyware Blaster, but in recent months we just rely on SpyBot. We have well-maintained systems and adding any more protection programs would be overkill, in my opinion. We have used the internet for several years and have never had a virus or spyware. Our computers are used mostly for schoolwork, although we use do use webmail. We do very little pleasure surfing. The router did not come with any software at all. Only the user guide on CD.

well, you need to access the linksys router and look in its wifi pages might try ; http://192.168.1.1 or http://192.168.1.254 or maybe change the .1. to .0.

Malwarebytes runs when you decide to update and run it. Not entirely accurate. There are versions of Malwarebytes...as in Malwarebytes Anti Malware Pro - v.2.0.1.1004...that I can personally attest does the following quite efficiently for a one time charge of $24.95 when I purchased it in 2011: "What it does for you Detects and protects against malware in real-time Blocks hacking and phishing attempts Schedules automatic scanning Offers three flexible scanning modes How it works for you Anti-Malware/Anti-Spyware Malicious website blocking Real-time protection Heuristic detection Integrated Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit Hyper Scan mode Scan/Database update scheduler Integrated Malwarebytes Chameleon Advanced malware removal Antivirus compatibility" I suggest you may wish to give it a look at: https://helpdesk.malwarebytes.org/forums HTH Anne