Re: sharing my network

"playIT@home" <playIThome@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have a home network setup behind a netgear router. All machines are
>running
> XP Pro (SP2). In addition I have an inside AP (d-link) that my elderly
> neighbor can see at her location and I want to allow her XP Pro (SP2)
> computer to wirelessly connect to my network (workgroup) but be excluded
> from
> sharing any other resources except the internet. From what little research
> I've done, it appears that if I disable the Guest account and turn off
> simple
> file sharing in my neighbor's computer it will not be able to access the
> resources on other computers in the network - correct? Bottom line is all
> my
> neighbor needs is access to the internet.


To secure your LAN, you need to disable SFS and guest accounts on YOUR
machines, not your neighbour's!
You will then need to set up share permissions properly.

Another thing you could do is modify the 'scope' of the File+Print sharing
exception in Windows Firewall on your machines, to include all your PCs but
exclude your neighbour. ( It defaults to the entire LAN subnet. )

Personally, I'd use different VLANs for this kind of thing, but most
domestic class network hardware is not up for this.

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Best Regards
Ron Lowe



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