Sorry, I know you addressed Doug but I have a question about your router. An
MR814v2 is a wireless router. I see that your connected via ethernet cables,
is that correct? Also, you might want to try and reset the router. There
should be a very small reset button on the back.

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Best of luck!

Michael D. Alligood
MCSA, MCP, CCNA, A+,
Network+, i-Net+, CIW A, CIW CI


"AG Young" wrote in message
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Doug, I am using the Netgear MR814v2 router.
How can I be sure this router firewall is enabled?
Thank you.

"Doug Sherman [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Yes, theXP firewall is designed to protect your computers - primarily
from
incoming connections from the Internet. Unfortunately, this firewall
will
also block communications with your internal network computers. The
good
news is that your router probably includes a firewall which is just as
good
as the one in XP. If so, you don't need the XP firewall. If you want
to
run a firewall on you network computers, use a third party product which
can
be easily configured to allow internal network communication with
specific
computers.

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

"AG Young" wrote in message
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Doug, thank you.

Yes, all my LAN properties firewall is enabled. Is this firewall
supposed
to
protect our office systems, correct? Should I disabled all?

I have enable the NetBIOS over TCP/IP, correct?

Thank you.

"Doug Sherman [MVP]" wrote in
message
...
On each computer go to Network and Internet connections/Network
connections.
Double click on the Local Area Connection and click the Properties
button:

1. Click the Advanced tab - make sure the firewall is NOT enabled.

2. On the General tab, highlight TCP/IP and click properties.
Click
the
Advanced button, click the WINS tab - make sure NetBIOS is enabled.

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP