Re: Re: Strange Problem With Networking XP

From: Alias (aka_at_maskedandanonymous.com)
Date: 01/24/05 

Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 15:59:39 +0100

<one@two.net> wrote

| <noreply@hotmail.com> wrote:
|
| >make sure no firewall blocking the traffic.
|
| That was it! (He says dumbly)
|
| Thing is though, although this makes my household network work ok, Now
| I am vulnerable to outside (net) access/hacks. I am not too happy
| about that.
|
| Can WXP firewall be set to allow household computer-to-computer LAN
| while not allowing Internet access? If so, how?
|
| Thanks a gig

Disable the Windows XP firewall (it only protects you one way, incoming
traffic) forever and get a decent firewall. I recommend Sygate personal
which you can download at www.sygate.com and it protects you from incoming
and outgoing traffic. Then, go into the firewall's configuration and
configure it to allow the network.

Course, had you used my advice and used AIM, your stuff would already be on
the other computer :-) 

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