Using WinXP firewall with LAN ?

[Everett]

Hello Malcolm,

I am having a similar problem like the one you described.
I called the router (Linksys) manufacture about the
firewall issue. They claim that most routers come with a
firewall installed already on the router and because of
this you disable one of the firewall. WinXP is usually
their suggestion. You can't share the LAN with both
firewall engage, it blocks your XP computer from the rest
of the computers on the network. Hope this answer your
question. Maybe, you can help me. I am having problems
trying to get my XP to recognize my other computer that
are running win98. How did you setup you system?

Everett


>-----Original Message-----
>I have a broadband connection via cable modem and
ethernet broadband router
>(D-Link DI-604)
>to three PCs (one WinXP and two Win98). I can connect to
the Internet from
>any of the PCs via the router.
>However I also wish to have full LAN connectivity between
the three PCs.
>This only works if the WinXP machine has its WinXP
firewall disabled. If I
>enable the firewall then only the two Win98 machines can
communicate via the
>LAN.
>
>Is there any way I can leave the WinXP firewall enabled
and still have full
>LAN connectivity??
>
>
>
>
>.
>

[SG]

you can have both firewalls on, just open port 135 on the XP firewall for
file sharing and that should do the job.
but it's perhaps redundant to have 2 fw's that both only protect you against
incoming data.
try running zonealarm instead of xp's fw for full protection.

"Everett" > wrote in message
...
> Hello Malcolm,
>
> I am having a similar problem like the one you described.
> I called the router (Linksys) manufacture about the
> firewall issue. They claim that most routers come with a
> firewall installed already on the router and because of
> this you disable one of the firewall. WinXP is usually
> their suggestion. You can't share the LAN with both
> firewall engage, it blocks your XP computer from the rest
> of the computers on the network. Hope this answer your
> question. Maybe, you can help me. I am having problems
> trying to get my XP to recognize my other computer that
> are running win98. How did you setup you system?
>
> Everett
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I have a broadband connection via cable modem and
> ethernet broadband router
> >(D-Link DI-604)
> >to three PCs (one WinXP and two Win98). I can connect to
> the Internet from
> >any of the PCs via the router.
> >However I also wish to have full LAN connectivity between
> the three PCs.
> >This only works if the WinXP machine has its WinXP
> firewall disabled. If I
> >enable the firewall then only the two Win98 machines can
> communicate via the
> >LAN.
> >
> >Is there any way I can leave the WinXP firewall enabled
> and still have full
> >LAN connectivity??
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[Malcolm H]

"Everett" > wrote in message
...
> Hello Malcolm,
>
> I am having a similar problem like the one you described.
> I called the router (Linksys) manufacture about the
> firewall issue. They claim that most routers come with a
> firewall installed already on the router and because of
> this you disable one of the firewall. WinXP is usually
> their suggestion. You can't share the LAN with both
> firewall engage, it blocks your XP computer from the rest
> of the computers on the network. Hope this answer your
> question. Maybe, you can help me. I am having problems
> trying to get my XP to recognize my other computer that
> are running win98. How did you setup you system?
>
> Everett
>
Hi Everett
I didn't have any problem with the WinXP machine recognising the Win98
machines. I used the netwoek configuration wizard on the WinXP. Ensure
that the Win98 machines have Client for MS networks, Ethernet adapter and
TCP/IP binding for Ethernet adapter correctly installed in Network Control
Panel.
Malcolm