Re: SP2 and port forwarding

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From: phoenix (phoenix_at_fakeaddress.invalid)
Date: 02/23/05 

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:17:25 GMT

On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 04:36:43 -0700, Steve Winograd [MVP] wrote:

> In article <195tgiem6phcu.dlg@phoenix-systems.uk.com>, phoenix
> <phoenix@fakeaddress.invalid> wrote:
>>On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 01:29:02 -0800, Souliers wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I want to forward a TCP port from my XP Home computer to my old 98 computer.
>>> I used to do this easily with the Internet Connection Firewall of XP.
>>> But since I installed SP2, I can't find where in the firewall GUI this can
>>> be set up.
>>> Is this still possible ?
>>
>>You don't forward ports with ICF, you use the settings in ICS for that. ICF
>>is only effective on the PC which it's activated. ICS is for sharing your
>>internet connection and is a NAT router, you'll find the settings in there.
>>
>>Regards
>>
>>Bill
>
> Hi, BIll. Souliers is asking about SP2's Windows Firewall, which
> replaced the ICF (Internet Connection Firewall) found in earlier
> versions of XP.
>
> In XP SP2, open the Windows Firewall GUI (Control Panel | Security
> Center | Windows Firewall), click the Advanced tab, put a check mark
> in the box for your LAN connection, and click Settings.
>
> In XP RTM and SP1, right-click the shared network connection, click
> Properties, click Advanced, and click Settings.

Sorry Steve, I missed that. It'll teach me to read the subject of a post in
a bit more detail before posting twaddle. Oops.

Regards

Bill

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