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I got the Be Box delivered ready for a changeover on Friday .
1. The instructions says not to plug it in until the line is activated.
How do I know when the activation is complete? There is no mention that I will be called, and surely if they try to email me on my old ISP the line has gone and I won't be online?
2. Can I plug it in anyway - regardless of the note not to. Reason being is to a) check that it's not DOA so that a new one can be shipped today, b) secure it in advance.
3. I read the Be forum stickies on how to secure the Be box. It shows the procedure to remove the backdoor accounts and configure the firewall.
Is there anything else I can do to the configuration to make it even more secure?
I require http(s) browsing, smtp, and ssh on a non standard port number. Everything else can be totally blocked.
No wifi required.
4. Box supplied is the Thomson SpeedTouch 585 v6.
Is this good / reliable?
1. The instructions says not to plug it in until the line is activated.
How do I know when the activation is complete? There is no mention that I will be called, and surely if they try to email me on my old ISP the line has gone and I won't be online?
2. Can I plug it in anyway - regardless of the note not to. Reason being is to a) check that it's not DOA so that a new one can be shipped today, b) secure it in advance.
3. I read the Be forum stickies on how to secure the Be box. It shows the procedure to remove the backdoor accounts and configure the firewall.
Is there anything else I can do to the configuration to make it even more secure?
I require http(s) browsing, smtp, and ssh on a non standard port number. Everything else can be totally blocked.
No wifi required.
4. Box supplied is the Thomson SpeedTouch 585 v6.
Is this good / reliable?
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