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| Thread ID: 43755 | 2004-03-25 10:18:00 | Firewall Question | Poppa John (284) | Press F1 |
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| 225144 | 2004-03-28 10:07:00 | GF... neither of us actively go into dodgy sites. It does seem a coincidence, tho, that when the firewalls are off to allow Maryann access to the Sigma/XP that we get unwanted activity on Outlook express & AdAware. We keep up with AdAware & AVG as our main protectors along with Sygate &XP Firewall, normally. Also use a Spy bot weekly. It seems that we still have a problem with our networking. I see networking as a constant topic on this forum, so it cannot be ME only. There have been comments about networking between XP & 98se, about inherant snags with these two programmes. Whatever it is we obviously do NOT have all things in the network set correctly. If anyone can fix it, please do call in & you will be rewarded with tea/coffe & some of Maryann's chocolate & caramel cake. PJ :D :D |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 225145 | 2004-03-28 10:25:00 | >that when the firewalls are off to allow Maryann access to the Sigma/XP You need to set up in your firewall a rule that allows all connections from the Win98 machine. It will be under trusted zone or allowed hosts (not familiar with your firewall). You just enter the other computers IP address to give it full access to the machine. Then do the same on the 98 machine to allow XP's IP access to the machine. Then you can have the firewall on without it interferring with file sharing. Maybe someone here with Sygate can post step-by-step instructions for you. |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 225146 | 2004-03-28 10:33:00 | Jen, I posted step by step instructions earlier in the thread. I wonder if Poppa has been trying to run BOTH XP Firewall and Sygate at the same time? Poppa - turn off the XP firewall, turn on the Sygate Firewall, and set up the rule as described in my earlier post, on both machines. I have done this with XP and W98SE in the network, and it works. I have also used it with XP to XP and a mixed network that has XP and Linux on different computers and it works there too. Both in a wired LAN and a wireless LAN. John |
John H (8) | ||
| 225147 | 2004-03-28 10:41:00 | > Jen, I posted step by step instructions earlier in > the thread. I wonder if Poppa has been trying to run > BOTH XP Firewall and Sygate at the same time? And so you did - oops :8} Shouldn't the inbuilt XP firewall automatically configure for the Win98 machine during the network wizard thingy, or does it only watch for external incoming connections? |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 225148 | 2004-03-28 10:42:00 | Jen C. Peter H has done that for us further up the page.Had a go at it but was not successful, so I haven't done it right. Haven't given up yet, just waiting for my bruised ego to get a bit better. Strangely the Sigma/XP used to be 192.168.0.1 & the Dell/98 was 0.2, at the moment they both seem to be 0.2, according to the "Ping" function on both computers. Have tried to change the XP back to 0.1 & all hell breaks loose. So I have left well alone, in case I give godfather more ammunition!!!!!!!! PJ :D :D |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 225149 | 2004-03-28 11:07:00 | John H (not Peter, Sorry) Yes I was trying to use both the firewalls together, I did turn off the XP one & try to set up the Sygate. I used 'All IP Addresses" rather than one specific one. However it would not "Stay" set up. Tried three different Dell names as the description but none of them worked. Clearly I have not got it yet. PJ |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 225150 | 2004-03-29 06:32:00 | >Peter H has done that for us further up the page Wrong apostle PJ, I am John H! PJ - maybe you should try the alternative - leave the Sigma/XP alone if it spits the dummy and change the Dell/98 back to 0.1!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;-) Maybe it will be less sensitive! Suggest you shut down both computers, set one of them to the address you want, and shut it down. Then start up the other computer and change it to a different IP address, then restart both. I am not sure of the science here, but that is what I would try, so they are not conflicting when they are both present on the network. Worth a try? John |
John H (8) | ||
| 225151 | 2004-03-29 08:54:00 | John H. Just to recap, bear with me please. Turn on Sigma/XP, boots up with both XP & Sygate firewalls activated. Turn on Dell/98se, Lan connection made ok, onto the Net, but not into the Sigma. Sigma will not show on Dell Network Neighbourhood. Turn off both firewalls & after a little while the Sigma appears on the Dell. So clearly the firewalls are the problem. What I tried as follows. Boot the Sigma & Ping it, 192.168.0.1. Shut down the Sigma & bootup the Dell. Ping it, 192.168.02. This is correct as always was. Turn off the Dell. Turn on the Sigma, boot up, turn off both firewalls. Turn on Dell, boot up, check Network Neighbourhood (NN?) & Sigma is present. Back to Sigma & re-instate Sygate & Sigma ok on Dell. Did not look at XP firewall. Does this make sense to you??? PJ |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 225152 | 2004-03-29 10:08:00 | John H... A tentative Hooray. Maybe, just maybe I have got it. Read thro your setup Sygate instructions & had another go. Could NOT do the para where you said "do the same on Maryann's computer" Sygate is not on that M/c. Anyway both computers have been shut down for a while. Brought up the Sigma then the Dell & the Sigma shows up on the Dell NN. So, fingers crossed!!! Thanks. PJ :D :D |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 225153 | 2004-03-29 21:20:00 | John H... brought XP on line then the Dell. Hooray it works, the Dell can see the Sigma. Thankyou very much, also to all others who helped. Maryann & Poppa John. | Poppa John (284) | ||
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