Download Motorola Netopia Embedded Software Specifications

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Click on the radio button to select the protection level you want. Click Submit.
Changing the BreakWater setting does not require a restart to take effect. This makes it easy to change
the setting “on the fly,” as your needs change.
TIPS for making your BreakWater Basic Firewall Selection
Application
Select this Level
Other Considerations
Typical Internet usage
(browsing, e-mail)
Multi-player online
gaming
SilentRunning
Going on vacation
Finished online use for
the day
Chatting online or using
instant messaging
LANdLocked
LANdLocked
ClearSailing
ClearSailing
Set Pinholes; once defined, pinholes will be
active whenever ClearSailing is set.
Restore SilentRunning when finished.
Protects your connection while your away.
This protects you instead of disconnecting your
Gateway connection.
Set Pinholes; once defined, pinholes will be
active whenever ClearSailing is set.
Restore SilentRunning when finished.
Basic Firewall Background
As a device on the Internet, a Motorola Netopia® Gateway requires an IP address in order to send or
receive traffic.
The IP traffic sent or received have an associated application port which is dependent on the nature of the
connection request. In the IP protocol standard the following session types are common applications:
• ICMP
• SNMP
• HTTP
• telnet
• FTP
• DHCP
By receiving a response to a scan from a port or series of ports (which is the expected behavior according
to the IP standard), hackers can identify an existing device and gain a potential opening for access to an
internet-connected device.
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