Odd.

[Keith]

I need some help before taking my PC to a dealer. I
recently had installed a network card to my PC to be able
to swap files between my notebook and my PC. Things
worked ok for a while then I found I couldn't swap files
due to some probs - that is going to be sorted by the
dealer who fitted the network card and may not be related
to the problem I am experiencing now. Over the last
couple of days, whenever I try to reply to emails or type
a doc in Word on my PC there is a long delay between my
keyboard strokes and the printing appearing in the mail
or doc - then spurious printing begins which I have no
idea from where ! This may or may not be the result of
the network card but I'd like some advice. Any ideas ?

[Jim Macklin]

Being on a network also means you need a firewall.


"Keith" > wrote in
message ...
| I need some help before taking my PC to a dealer. I
| recently had installed a network card to my PC to be able
| to swap files between my notebook and my PC. Things
| worked ok for a while then I found I couldn't swap files
| due to some probs - that is going to be sorted by the
| dealer who fitted the network card and may not be related
| to the problem I am experiencing now. Over the last
| couple of days, whenever I try to reply to emails or type
| a doc in Word on my PC there is a long delay between my
| keyboard strokes and the printing appearing in the mail
| or doc - then spurious printing begins which I have no
| idea from where ! This may or may not be the result of
| the network card but I'd like some advice. Any ideas ?

[Keith]

Thanks Jim. Checked the ICP Firewall and it's enabled so
it isn't that ....
>-----Original Message-----
>Being on a network also means you need a firewall.
>
>
>"Keith" > wrote in
>message ...
>| I need some help before taking my PC to a dealer. I
>| recently had installed a network card to my PC to be
able
>| to swap files between my notebook and my PC. Things
>| worked ok for a while then I found I couldn't swap
files
>| due to some probs - that is going to be sorted by the
>| dealer who fitted the network card and may not be
related
>| to the problem I am experiencing now. Over the last
>| couple of days, whenever I try to reply to emails or
type
>| a doc in Word on my PC there is a long delay between my
>| keyboard strokes and the printing appearing in the mail
>| or doc - then spurious printing begins which I have no
>| idea from where ! This may or may not be the result of
>| the network card but I'd like some advice. Any ideas ?
>
>
>.
>

[Alex Nichol]

"Jim Macklin" > wrote:

>Being on a network also means you need a firewall.

More usually *not* provided the network is firewalled on its outside
world connection. Firewalls between machines on a LAN (ie installed on
them individually) can often result in inability to communicate between
them


--
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)

[Jim Macklin]

I think individual software firewall on each machine, with
local machines on a trusted list by MAC address provides
worthwhile protection.

Ideal network would have Internet to a router w/firewall, to
computers or switches (depending on how many nodes.

Since a firewall is just a on/off switch, having a properly
configured software firewall doesn't add any delay and it
does present a hacker with an extra obstacle. Since viruses
can be "invited in" a firewall such as Zone Alarm can help
prevent it spreading to other computers on the LAN.


"Alex Nichol" > wrote in
message ...
| "Jim Macklin" >
wrote:
|
| >Being on a network also means you need a firewall.
|
| More usually *not* provided the network is firewalled on
its outside
| world connection. Firewalls between machines on a LAN (ie
installed on
| them individually) can often result in inability to
communicate between
| them
|
|
| --
| Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
| Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8
bit)

[Keith]

Ok guys - thanks. That's convinced me I need to get the
dealer to look at it and come up with a solution. I'm out
of my depth here.

Keith.


>-----Original Message-----
>I think individual software firewall on each machine,
with
>local machines on a trusted list by MAC address provides
>worthwhile protection.
>
>Ideal network would have Internet to a router
w/firewall, to
>computers or switches (depending on how many nodes.
>
>Since a firewall is just a on/off switch, having a
properly
>configured software firewall doesn't add any delay and it
>does present a hacker with an extra obstacle. Since
viruses
>can be "invited in" a firewall such as Zone Alarm can
help
>prevent it spreading to other computers on the LAN.
>
>
>"Alex Nichol" > wrote in
>message
...
>| "Jim Macklin" >
>wrote:
>|
>| >Being on a network also means you need a firewall.
>|
>| More usually *not* provided the network is firewalled
on
>its outside
>| world connection. Firewalls between machines on a LAN
(ie
>installed on
>| them individually) can often result in inability to
>communicate between
>| them
>|
>|
>| --
>| Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
>| Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8
>bit)
>
>
>.
>