GA-K8NXP-9 How do you setup ActiveArmour?

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I have just built a PC based on the GA-K8NXP-9 motherboard and all has gone
very well.

Except for one issue. I cannot see how you get to activate Activearmour the
NVidia4 hardware firewall.

I cannot find it on the Gigabyte supplied Nvidia nForce4 utility CD.

Please can anyone help point me in the right direction.

Thanks

Mike Clements
 
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MikeC wrote:
> I have just built a PC based on the GA-K8NXP-9 motherboard and all
> has gone very well.
>
> Except for one issue. I cannot see how you get to activate
> Activearmour the NVidia4 hardware firewall.
>
> I cannot find it on the Gigabyte supplied Nvidia nForce4 utility CD.
>
> Please can anyone help point me in the right direction.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mike Clements

AFAIK the armour hardware is active by default. I don't know about your
Gigabyte CD, but I think all you need is NTune. Try www.nvidia.com
 
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Ian wrote:
> MikeC wrote:
>
>>I have just built a PC based on the GA-K8NXP-9 motherboard and all
>>has gone very well.
>>
>>Except for one issue. I cannot see how you get to activate
>>Activearmour the NVidia4 hardware firewall.
>>
>>I cannot find it on the Gigabyte supplied Nvidia nForce4 utility CD.
>>
>>Please can anyone help point me in the right direction.
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Mike Clements
>
>
> AFAIK the armour hardware is active by default. I don't know about your
> Gigabyte CD, but I think all you need is NTune. Try www.nvidia.com

He needs to install the nvidia firewall driver and the Network Access
Manager (NAM) software:


http://www.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/Support/Driver/Driver_GA-K8NXP-9.htm


-Rick
 
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Hello Rick

Sorry to be rather slow but which driver should I be downloading?

Nothing here says nvidia firewall driver or NAM - which one did you mean.

Again sorry for the stupid question.

Mike
"Rick M." <dishtv@ptd.net> wrote in message
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> Ian wrote:
>> MikeC wrote:
>>
>>>I have just built a PC based on the GA-K8NXP-9 motherboard and all
>>>has gone very well.
>>>
>>>Except for one issue. I cannot see how you get to activate
>>>Activearmour the NVidia4 hardware firewall.
>>>
>>>I cannot find it on the Gigabyte supplied Nvidia nForce4 utility CD.
>>>
>>>Please can anyone help point me in the right direction.
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>Mike Clements
>>
>>
>> AFAIK the armour hardware is active by default. I don't know about your
>> Gigabyte CD, but I think all you need is NTune. Try www.nvidia.com
>
> He needs to install the nvidia firewall driver and the Network Access
> Manager (NAM) software:
>
>
> http://www.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/Support/Driver/Driver_GA-K8NXP-9.htm
>
>
> -Rick
 
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.gigabyte (More info?)

MikeC wrote:
> Hello Rick
>
> Sorry to be rather slow but which driver should I be downloading?
>
> Nothing here says nvidia firewall driver or NAM - which one did you mean.
>
> Again sorry for the stupid question.

Actually, it's not a stupid question - I might have thrown you a curve
when i said "NVidia Firewall driver".

The NAM software (Network Access Manager) is administrative/control
software for the firewall feature of the NVidia chipset, and works
through a windows browswer from within windows.

Its included with the NVidia LAN driver at the link I posted previously,
but it should also be located on your drive (if you have the nvidia
network port configured with a driver). If you haven't done so
already, look for a folder called "NAM" on your hard drive, or on the
driver CD. There's a setup.exe file there that installs the NAM software.

I'm not certain the Activearmour is actually turned on by default or
not, but you can enable/disable it from the NAM software as well as
configure other firewall settings from within the NAM browser window.

Hope that helps,
-Rick
 
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Hello Rick

I have installed ActiveArmour and then uninstalled it on the same evening.

Activearmour appeared to be working correctly but I lost all access to the
internet. I then found that if I switched off Norton's Internet Security
(and not just the Norton firewall) the internet worked again. I looked at
the Norton logs and it was failing to note any exceptions!

I decided that it was getting rather late and I would stick with Norton for
now so I removed ActiveArmour.

Maybe when I have some spare time on my hands I will try again and sort out
what appears to be the problem.

Thanks for all your help.

Mike




"Rick M." <dishtv@ptd.net> wrote in message
news:uKucnZxWT-FHUB7fUSdV9g@ptd.net...
> MikeC wrote:
>> Hello Rick
>>
>> Sorry to be rather slow but which driver should I be downloading?
>>
>> Nothing here says nvidia firewall driver or NAM - which one did you mean.
>>
>> Again sorry for the stupid question.
>
> Actually, it's not a stupid question - I might have thrown you a curve
> when i said "NVidia Firewall driver".
>
> The NAM software (Network Access Manager) is administrative/control
> software for the firewall feature of the NVidia chipset, and works through
> a windows browswer from within windows.
>
> Its included with the NVidia LAN driver at the link I posted previously,
> but it should also be located on your drive (if you have the nvidia
> network port configured with a driver). If you haven't done so already,
> look for a folder called "NAM" on your hard drive, or on the driver CD.
> There's a setup.exe file there that installs the NAM software.
>
> I'm not certain the Activearmour is actually turned on by default or not,
> but you can enable/disable it from the NAM software as well as configure
> other firewall settings from within the NAM browser window.
>
> Hope that helps,
> -Rick
 
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MikeC wrote:
> Hello Rick
>
> I have installed ActiveArmour and then uninstalled it on the same evening.
>
> Activearmour appeared to be working correctly but I lost all access to the
> internet. I then found that if I switched off Norton's Internet Security
> (and not just the Norton firewall) the internet worked again. I looked at
> the Norton logs and it was failing to note any exceptions!
>
> I decided that it was getting rather late and I would stick with Norton for
> now so I removed ActiveArmour.
>
> Maybe when I have some spare time on my hands I will try again and sort out
> what appears to be the problem.
>
> Thanks for all your help.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
>
> "Rick M." <dishtv@ptd.net> wrote in message
> news:uKucnZxWT-FHUB7fUSdV9g@ptd.net...
>
>>MikeC wrote:
>>
>>>Hello Rick
>>>
>>>Sorry to be rather slow but which driver should I be downloading?
>>>
>>>Nothing here says nvidia firewall driver or NAM - which one did you mean.
>>>
>>>Again sorry for the stupid question.
>>
>>Actually, it's not a stupid question - I might have thrown you a curve
>>when i said "NVidia Firewall driver".
>>
>>The NAM software (Network Access Manager) is administrative/control
>>software for the firewall feature of the NVidia chipset, and works through
>>a windows browswer from within windows.
>>
>>Its included with the NVidia LAN driver at the link I posted previously,
>>but it should also be located on your drive (if you have the nvidia
>>network port configured with a driver). If you haven't done so already,
>>look for a folder called "NAM" on your hard drive, or on the driver CD.
>>There's a setup.exe file there that installs the NAM software.
>>
>>I'm not certain the Activearmour is actually turned on by default or not,
>>but you can enable/disable it from the NAM software as well as configure
>>other firewall settings from within the NAM browser window.
>>
>>Hope that helps,
>>-Rick


Frankly, I have to admit I was interested in the ActiveArmour firewall
at first, but after using it's clumsy administrative interface, I saw no
real reason to prefer it over a router firewall.

-Rick
 
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