Re: Port Nunber Windows Firewall

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"DbB" <DbB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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hello,

Normally, I connect my laptop to
the pc directly to transfer files
between them.

But i decided to fiddle around with
an old router i had.

i discovered an improve performance
with outlook and the i.e., as they don't
waste anymore time searching for the
host, pwoxy, etc....

it seems with the dsl modem going
through the router, outlook and ie
connect to the internet lickity split.

further, i was able to successful
transfer file between the pc and
the laptop via the router as well.

but i had to turn off the windows
firewall on both machines.

i suppose that if i want to keep the
firewalls turned on, i wuold have
to create a port or something.

by using a third party software, the
port number 445 microsot -ds is
opened and seemingly being used
at this time while my pc is pulling
files off my laptop at this time.

i tried adding this port to the firewall
but was told it is in use at this time
and cannot be added.

can anyone advise me as to what
i need to do on the firewalls to allow
the pc and laptop to connect and
to keep the firewalls on for everything
else?


thanks...
--
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You setup the firewall such that it passes ICMP packets.
How you do this depends on which firewall you are using.
Jim


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