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On 26/09/01 at 22:08 Eric Scace wrote:
>Another lesson I learned the hard way: If you are running firewall
>software (and you should on any machine that accesses the
>internet), you will need to configure your firewall software to permit
>access to and from the other computers in the network. Even
>pings will be ignored if the firewall is operating.
Zone Alarm 2.6, "advertised" in this reflector, do it in its default
configuration. I was totally crazee at a client's home until I asked what was
that bizarre icon besides the clock hi hi! Yes, the hard way, I understand you,
Eric!
It blocks TCP/IP access to ports 135 to 139, used by NetBIOS... so
Windows Networking was gone!
Closing Zone Alarm gave immediate access to the network.
73,
Fidel Leon - EA3GIP
ea3gip@ea3gip.net
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