Firewall for peer to peer XP network

[Fred]

I have been hit by the sasser virus and have installed
XP's firewall protection for my internet network
connection.

I also have a lan connection set up that says local area
connection. I believe this is the connection that allows
my peer to peer network to share files. I clicked on the
firewall option before, but that disallowed the computers
to talk to each other, so I then disabled it.

Can I install a firewall on this connection?

Thanks,

Fred

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

WinXP's built-in firewall is not designed to be used on internal
LAN connections. The _only_ connection on which you should have ICF
enabled is the direct connection to the Internet.

Internet Firewalls Can Prevent Browsing and File Sharing
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;298804

This matter is addressed in Service Pack 2. WinXP's redesigned
built-in Windows Firewall will allow exceptions for File & Print
Sharing.


Bruce Chambers

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