My Dsl modem here help plz
 

I have a Westell dsl modem... uses WinPoEt software.. when i log on it says starting protection software..

does this have a built in fire wall or one that was installed .. the manual didnt say so.. but dont know..

and if when i connection the little connection popup says connected at 10.0 mbps

what does that mean?

sorry had dial up all my life.. seems a wonder that im done in 4 hours with what took me 2 days lol

10mbps is the conenction from your PC to the DSL modem, its way fast enough for DSL.

you could try a simple check like this one

http://www.firewallcheck.org/
or the one from http://www.grc.com

If its a NAT based router you should be fine, your Pc's local IP address will be one of the non routable IP numbers, 10.0... 192.168.... etc

hey thanks will check it out

http://www.finepoint.com/

that's WinPoET's website, check out their documentation.