Vista - Are you supposed to secure your modem

I have a modem hooked up to a vonage device hooke up to my desktop. I have great security software to. Are you supposed to secure your modem like you would a wireless routr. I just hooked mine up to my computer and ended it there. Please help

hello?

it depends , does your modem have a built in facility to activate a hardware firewall?

You use a hrdware firewall in a router as the first line of defense in your security setup , i suppose it depends on your modem as to whether or not it has one.

But if you mean just the wireless security then no you dont need it with a modem connected directly , the wep or wpa/psk security is simply to encrypt the wireless signal between you and your router so no one can "tap into" it.

As your moem is "hard wired" your good to go with just your software AV an firewall , theres nothing else you can do

All I have Is my modem hooked up to my computer, very simple (no wireless) Its a moterola surfboard cable modem sb5120

yes i assumed that , so unless you have a haredware firewall built into your modems config then theres nothing more you can do anyway , your av and firewall will be your first and last line of defense

Archie is right.