EasyLink Advisor and Network Magic together - Why?

I am running a Toshiba laptop with Windows XP(MCE) SP3, wireless on a home network with a WRT300N V1.1 router - conecting this laptop, Lexmark X4550 wireless printer, a PS3(80), 3 PSP's, a desktop HP running Windows SP2 with a USB g adapter.   I have updated LELA to (Version 3.11 build 9139.94 Platform version: 11.2.9195.1); and Network Magic to (Version: 5.5.9195.0-Pure0 Platform version: 11.2.9195.1 Updated 8/19/2009).  I am running a Clearwire wireless broadband modem to the internet and the back of the router.  So far, everything seems to be running fine.
My question is why am I running two different systems from Linksys to manage my router?  Do I need both of them, even though they seem to be a little different? Which one is the future standard for Linksys?  Do I lose anything by deleting one of them, or do I gain anything by keeping both of them?  They do not seem to interfere with each other - it is just confusing.
LELA seems to be the better one now that both have been upgraded to the newer sotware.
Please advise.  Thanks... 
Toshiba Satellite P105-S0684 laptop with Windows XP(MCE) SP3, Intel Pro/100 VE wired and Intel Pro/Wireless 3945ABG wireless. Network with a WRT300N V1.1 router (Firmware version V1.51.2) - conecting this laptop, Lexmark X4550 wireless printer, a PS3(80), 3 PSP's, a desktop HP running Windows XP(Pro) SP2 with a USB g adapter. I have updated LELA to (Version 3.11 build 9139.94 Platform version: 11.2.9195.1); and Network Magic to (Version: 5.5.9195.0-Pure0 Platform version: 11.2.9195.1 Updated 8/19/2009). I am running a Clearwire wireless broadband modem to the internet and the back of the router.

toomanydonuts wrote:
My understanding is that there should be no port scan attempts coming through the router.  Normally all the router's ports are closed, so no port scan should be coming through the router.
That's my understanding as well, but, unfortunately, I am still getting ports being scanned from remote IPs. :-(
Possible sources for this would be:
1)  another computer on your network is sending out the port scan
2)  a wireless printer on your network is opening ports  ( I have an HP wireless printer that does this).
3)  someone is connecting wirelessly to your network, and scanning ports
1) I only have one computer.
2) Believe it or not I don't have a printer. :-)
3) The router is connected to my computer via ethernet cable, so (I assume) I have (hopefully) turned off the wireless part of the router.
To verify that the router's ports are closed, go to Gibson Research at grc.com , and click on the "Shields UP!" test.  Scan your ports and see if any of them are open.  The Shields UP! program WILL do a port scan, so you can also see if your computer's firewall complains during this test.
I have done the above and the ports that "Shields Up" scans are stealthed.
If you do find ports open, the most likely cause is a program, running on one of your computers, that is opening ports.
All the programs that I use I have used for a number of years.  With the D-Link router that I used I did not have this "problem".  Having said that I am not interested in going back to the D-Link router.  Hopefully this problem that I am having with my Linksys router can be rectified. :-)
Report back with the results of the scan.
Message Edited by toomanydonuts on 01-23-2008 02:02 AM
Thank you very much for your help toomanydonuts!!!
Servalan

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