How get the computers communicate in XP?

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=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ralph_H=F6glund?=

I have a Freesco router with three NIC.

One goes to the adsl modem IP=192.168.0.1 replaced with dynamic IP from telia.com
One goes to my main computer, IP=192.168.1.1, computer IP=192.168.1.10 (DHCP)
One goes to a laptop, IP=192.168.2.1, laptop IP=192.168.2.10 (DHCP)

I can ping to and from both computers but can not get the network
in Win XP to recognize the other from either.

Howdo?

Ralph
 
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Chuck

I have a Freesco router with three NIC.

One goes to the adsl modem IP=192.168.0.1 replaced with dynamic IP from telia.com
One goes to my main computer, IP=192.168.1.1, computer IP=192.168.1.10 (DHCP)
One goes to a laptop, IP=192.168.2.1, laptop IP=192.168.2.10 (DHCP)

I can ping to and from both computers but can not get the network
in Win XP to recognize the other from either.

Howdo?

Ralph
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Ralph,

Please provide "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all" from each computer, so we
can diagnose the problem. Read this article, and linked articles, and follow
instructions precisely:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>

BTW, Ralph, posting your email address openly will get you more unwanted email,
than wanted email. Learn to munge your email address properly, to keep yourself
a bit safer when posting to open forums. Protect yourself and the rest of the
internet - read this article.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/how-to-post-on-usenet-and-encourage.html#Munging>
 
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=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ralph_H=F6glund?=

Chuck skrev:
Ralph,

Please provide "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all" from each computer, so we
can diagnose the problem. Read this article, and linked articles, and follow
instructions precisely:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>

BTW, Ralph, posting your email address openly will get you more unwanted email,
than wanted email. Learn to munge your email address properly, to keep yourself
a bit safer when posting to open forums. Protect yourself and the rest of the
internet - read this article.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/how-to-post-on-usenet-and-encourage.html#Munging>
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Thanks Chuck for your fast response.

My Mozilla Thunderbird does not allow ralph(at)telia(dot)com, do not know
how to do that. The email-account is not my ordinary and not so important.

The reports are attached as files

Sorry, they are in swedish but I hope you can recognize, reply otherwise
and I will explain.

Regards,
Ralph





IP-konfiguration för Windows



Värddatornamn . . . . . . . . . . : LAKATNIK

Primärt DNS-suffix . . . . . . . :

Nodtyp . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Okänd

IP-routning aktiverat . . . . . . : Nej

WINS-proxy aktiverat . . . . . . : Nej

Söklista för DNS-suffix . . . . . : telia.com



Ethernet-kort Anslutning till lokalt nätverk 2:



Anslutningsspecifika DNS-suffix . : inet

Beskrivning . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Adapter

Fysisk adress . . . . . . . . . . : 00-50-8D-F9-DA-04

DHCP aktiverat . . . . . . . . . : Ja

Autokonfiguration aktiverat . . . : Ja

IP-adress . . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.10

Nätmask . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Standard-gateway . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DHCP-server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DNS-servrar . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

Lånet erhölls . . . . . . . . . . : den 12 augusti 2005 10:04:57

Lånet upphör . . . . . . . . . . : den 19 augusti 2005 10:04:57




Status for domain KONTORET on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{BA1305DC-56A7-448D-B170-A0BBD4221846}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: LAKATNIK
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master LAKATNIK
\\LAKATNIK
There are 1 servers in domain KONTORET on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{BA1305DC-56A7-448D-B170-A0BBD4221846}
There are 1 domains in domain KONTORET on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{BA1305DC-56A7-448D-B170-A0BBD4221846}



Status for domain KONTORET on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{327EC604-92FA-4EA8-A2D1-EE1668627EEC}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: MARIAS
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master MARIAS
\\MARIAS
There are 1 servers in domain KONTORET on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{327EC604-92FA-4EA8-A2D1-EE1668627EEC}
There are 1 domains in domain KONTORET on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{327EC604-92FA-4EA8-A2D1-EE1668627EEC}



IP-konfiguration för Windows



Värddatornamn . . . . . . . . . . : marias

Primärt DNS-suffix . . . . . . . :

Nodtyp . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Okänd

IP-routning aktiverat . . . . . . : Nej

WINS-proxy aktiverat . . . . . . : Nej

Söklista för DNS-suffix . . . . . : telia.com



Ethernet-kort Anslutning till lokalt nätverk:



Anslutningsspecifika DNS-suffix . : inet

Beskrivning . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC

Fysisk adress . . . . . . . . . . : 00-08-02-2C-C5-5C

DHCP aktiverat . . . . . . . . . : Ja

Autokonfiguration aktiverat . . . : Ja

IP-adress . . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.10

Nätmask . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Standard-gateway . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1

DHCP-server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1

DNS-servrar . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1

Lånet erhölls . . . . . . . . . . : den 12 augusti 2005 17:06:44

Lånet upphör . . . . . . . . . . : den 19 augusti 2005 17:06:44
 
C

Chuck

Chuck skrev:
Thanks Chuck for your fast response.

My Mozilla Thunderbird does not allow ralph(at)telia(dot)com, do not know
how to do that. The email-account is not my ordinary and not so important.

The reports are attached as files

Sorry, they are in swedish but I hope you can recognize, reply otherwise
and I will explain.

Regards,
Ralph
Click to expand...
IP-konfiguration för Windows



Värddatornamn . . . . . . . . . . : LAKATNIK

Primärt DNS-suffix . . . . . . . :

Nodtyp . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Okänd

IP-routning aktiverat . . . . . . : Nej

WINS-proxy aktiverat . . . . . . : Nej

Söklista för DNS-suffix . . . . . : telia.com



Ethernet-kort Anslutning till lokalt nätverk 2:



Anslutningsspecifika DNS-suffix . : inet

Beskrivning . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Adapter

Fysisk adress . . . . . . . . . . : 00-50-8D-F9-DA-04

DHCP aktiverat . . . . . . . . . : Ja

Autokonfiguration aktiverat . . . : Ja

IP-adress . . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.10

Nätmask . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Standard-gateway . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DHCP-server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DNS-servrar . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

Lånet erhölls . . . . . . . . . . : den 12 augusti 2005 10:04:57

Lånet upphör . . . . . . . . . . : den 19 augusti 2005 10:04:57




Status for domain KONTORET on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{BA1305DC-56A7-448D-B170-A0BBD4221846}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: LAKATNIK
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master LAKATNIK
\\LAKATNIK
There are 1 servers in domain KONTORET on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{BA1305DC-56A7-448D-B170-A0BBD4221846}
There are 1 domains in domain KONTORET on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{BA1305DC-56A7-448D-B170-A0BBD4221846}



Status for domain KONTORET on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{327EC604-92FA-4EA8-A2D1-EE1668627EEC}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: MARIAS
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master MARIAS
\\MARIAS
There are 1 servers in domain KONTORET on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{327EC604-92FA-4EA8-A2D1-EE1668627EEC}
There are 1 domains in domain KONTORET on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{327EC604-92FA-4EA8-A2D1-EE1668627EEC}



IP-konfiguration för Windows



Värddatornamn . . . . . . . . . . : marias

Primärt DNS-suffix . . . . . . . :

Nodtyp . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Okänd

IP-routning aktiverat . . . . . . : Nej

WINS-proxy aktiverat . . . . . . : Nej

Söklista för DNS-suffix . . . . . : telia.com



Ethernet-kort Anslutning till lokalt nätverk:



Anslutningsspecifika DNS-suffix . : inet

Beskrivning . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC

Fysisk adress . . . . . . . . . . : 00-08-02-2C-C5-5C

DHCP aktiverat . . . . . . . . . : Ja

Autokonfiguration aktiverat . . . : Ja

IP-adress . . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.10

Nätmask . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Standard-gateway . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1

DHCP-server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1

DNS-servrar . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1

Lånet erhölls . . . . . . . . . . : den 12 augusti 2005 17:06:44

Lånet upphör . . . . . . . . . . : den 19 augusti 2005 17:06:44
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Ralph,

To start, you have 2 computers on different subnets, as you stated. Most
Windows Networking traffic, including ability to see each other, does not cross
subnet boundaries. Why do you have 2 separate subnets setup?

LAKATNIK

DHCP aktiverat . . . . . . . . . : Ja

Autokonfiguration aktiverat . . . : Ja

IP-adress . . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.10

Nätmask . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Standard-gateway . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DHCP-server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DNS-servrar . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

Marias

DHCP aktiverat . . . . . . . . . : Ja

Autokonfiguration aktiverat . . . : Ja

IP-adress . . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.10

Nätmask . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Standard-gateway . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1

DHCP-server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1

DNS-servrar . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
 
N

N. Miller

Chuck skrev:
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Thanks Chuck for your fast response.
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My Mozilla Thunderbird does not allow ralph(at)telia(dot)com, do not know
how to do that. The email-account is not my ordinary and not so important.
Click to expand...

Odd. Mozilla Thunderbird does allow any RFC 822 email address to be used.
The question is, does the NNTP service allow you to use an RFC 822 email
address which doesn't work? Something like, <[email protected]>?
 
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N. Miller

I have a Freesco router with three NIC.

One goes to the adsl modem IP=192.168.0.1 replaced with dynamic IP from telia.com
One goes to my main computer, IP=192.168.1.1, computer IP=192.168.1.10 (DHCP)
One goes to a laptop, IP=192.168.2.1, laptop IP=192.168.2.10 (DHCP)

I can ping to and from both computers but can not get the network
in Win XP to recognize the other from either.

Howdo?
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Which device is actually the gateway? What you want, if you want two
computers on a LAN to see each other, is a single gateway common to both
computers. If your modem also does routing with DHCP, that should be the
gateway. The modem IP address would be the gateway IP address; each
computer would have its own IP address in the same subnet:

modem (gateway): 192.168.0.1
computer-A: 192.168.0.10
computer-B: 192.168.0.11

If you are using ICS for routing, that should only be used on the computer
which is connected to the modem; the ICS computer will be the gateway. You
would need two network cards; one for the modem connection, one for the
other computer connection. The modem<>gateway IP address should be
different than the LAN IP address.

modem: 192.168.1.1
computer-A (modem facing NIC): 192.168.1.10
computer-A (ICS NIC; gateway): 192.168.0.1
computer-B: 192.168.0.2

In the case above, there are two network cards (NICS) in computer A. One is
connected to the modem, the other is connected to computer B. ICS is
installed on computer A, and it shares the modem connection NIC with
computer B. ICS is not installed on computer B.
 
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=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ralph_H=F6glund?=

N. Miller skrev:
Odd. Mozilla Thunderbird does allow any RFC 822 email address to be used.
The question is, does the NNTP service allow you to use an RFC 822 email
address which doesn't work? Something like, <[email protected]>?
Click to expand...

That worked?
 
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=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ralph_H=F6glund?=

Ralph Höglund skrev:
N. Miller skrev:


That worked?
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Thunderbird says that the email-address must be Internet standard! :-(
Wonder if there is a work-around?
 
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=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ralph_H=F6glund?=

N. Miller skrev:
Which device is actually the gateway? What you want, if you want two
computers on a LAN to see each other, is a single gateway common to both
computers. If your modem also does routing with DHCP, that should be the
gateway. The modem IP address would be the gateway IP address; each
computer would have its own IP address in the same subnet:

modem (gateway): 192.168.0.1
computer-A: 192.168.0.10
computer-B: 192.168.0.11

If you are using ICS for routing, that should only be used on the computer
which is connected to the modem; the ICS computer will be the gateway. You
would need two network cards; one for the modem connection, one for the
other computer connection. The modem<>gateway IP address should be
different than the LAN IP address.

modem: 192.168.1.1
computer-A (modem facing NIC): 192.168.1.10
computer-A (ICS NIC; gateway): 192.168.0.1
computer-B: 192.168.0.2

In the case above, there are two network cards (NICS) in computer A. One is
connected to the modem, the other is connected to computer B. ICS is
installed on computer A, and it shares the modem connection NIC with
computer B. ICS is not installed on computer B.
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The configuration is as follows:

FREESCO ROUTER, DEFAULT CONFIGURED, FILTERING FIREWALL/NAT
MODEM---192.168.0.1---NIC IP=dynamic from ISP
192.168.1.1---NIC-------COMPUTER A from DHCP=192.168.1.10 gateway=192.168.1.1
192.168.2.1---NIC-------COMPUTER B from DHCP=192.168.2.10 gateway=192.168.2.1

This works for both computers to reach Internet but not with file sharing
between them. Both computer can ping each other.
 
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=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ralph_H=F6glund?=

The reason that I have two subnets is that Freesc setup program
assigns these IPs as default and if I change it does not work.

I have even tried with mask 255.255.0.0 and dhcp range
192.168.1.10 192.168.2.100 but only 192.168.2.10 accessed Internet
and no network....
 
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=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ralph_H=F6glund?=

Ralph Höglund skrev:
The reason that I have two subnets is that Freesc setup program
assigns these IPs as default and if I change it does not work.

I have even tried with mask 255.255.0.0 and dhcp range
192.168.1.10 192.168.2.100 but only 192.168.2.10 accessed Internet
and no network....
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I wonder now if it is not easier to get a switch to one of the NIC instead?
 
C

Chuck

Chuck skrev:
Stupid of me, I had the firewalls in XP be on. Switched those off,
bang- network works fine!

Thanks anyway guys!

Ralph
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Ralph,

Thanks for the update. But don't stop there - find out how to configure Windows
Firewall, and use it. It's there for a purpose.
 
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=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ralph_H=F6glund?=

Chuck skrev:
Thanks for the update. But don't stop there - find out how to configure Windows
Firewall, and use it. It's there for a purpose.
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Yes, but why in my case? In Freesco the firewall is absolutely excellent. All (almost) ports
are completely blocked.
Specially port 445 which is giving problems last day with Zotob worm for example!

This is the firewall settings in my Freesco:

IP firewall input rules, default policy: deny
type prot source destination ports
acc all anywhere anywhere n/a
deny icmp anywhere 81.233.214.255 any
acc all anywhere 255.255.255.0 n/a
acc all anywhere anywhere n/a
acc all anywhere 255.255.255.0 n/a
acc all anywhere anywhere n/a
deny icmp anywhere anywhere any
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> ftp-data
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> ftp
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> 22
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> telnet
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> smtp
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> domain
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> 59
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> finger
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> http
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> pop-3
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> auth
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> netbios-ssn
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> 443
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> 445
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> 1080
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> 8080
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> 51537
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> 48724
acc tcp resolver1-g-fo.skanova.com anywhere domain -> any
acc tcp resolver2-g-fo.skanova.com anywhere domain -> any
acc tcp resolver3-g-fo.skanova.com anywhere domain -> any
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> domain
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> printer
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> 82
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> shell
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 20
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 21
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 22
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 23
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 25
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> domain
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 59
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 79
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 80
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 110
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 113
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 139
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 443
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 445
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 1080
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 8080
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 51537
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 48724
acc udp resolver1-g-fo.skanova.com anywhere domain -> any
acc udp resolver2-g-fo.skanova.com anywhere domain -> any
acc udp resolver3-g-fo.skanova.com anywhere domain -> any
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> domain
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 515
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 82
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> syslog
deny all anywhere 192.168.1.0/24 n/a
deny all 192.168.1.0/24 anywhere n/a
deny all anywhere 192.168.1.0/24 n/a
deny all anywhere 192.168.2.0/24 n/a
deny all 192.168.2.0/24 anywhere n/a
deny all anywhere 192.168.2.0/24 n/a
acc all anywhere anywhere n/a

Do you think that I can be better off with XP-firewall also?

I don't see that Windows Firewall is so configurable as I would like it to be.
I could not find any way to make an exeption for my internal net there.
So, it will be switched off.

Ralph
 
C

Chuck

Chuck skrev:

Yes, but why in my case? In Freesco the firewall is absolutely excellent. All (almost) ports
are completely blocked.
Specially port 445 which is giving problems last day with Zotob worm for example!

This is the firewall settings in my Freesco:

IP firewall input rules, default policy: deny
type prot source destination ports
acc all anywhere anywhere n/a
deny icmp anywhere 81.233.214.255 any
acc all anywhere 255.255.255.0 n/a
acc all anywhere anywhere n/a
acc all anywhere 255.255.255.0 n/a
acc all anywhere anywhere n/a
deny icmp anywhere anywhere any
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> ftp-data
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> ftp
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> 22
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> telnet
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> smtp
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> domain
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> 59
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> finger
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> http
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> pop-3
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> auth
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> netbios-ssn
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> 443
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> 445
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> 1080
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> 8080
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> 51537
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> 48724
acc tcp resolver1-g-fo.skanova.com anywhere domain -> any
acc tcp resolver2-g-fo.skanova.com anywhere domain -> any
acc tcp resolver3-g-fo.skanova.com anywhere domain -> any
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> domain
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> printer
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> 82
deny tcp anywhere anywhere any -> shell
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 20
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 21
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 22
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 23
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 25
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> domain
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 59
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 79
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 80
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 110
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 113
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 139
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 443
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 445
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 1080
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 8080
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 51537
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 48724
acc udp resolver1-g-fo.skanova.com anywhere domain -> any
acc udp resolver2-g-fo.skanova.com anywhere domain -> any
acc udp resolver3-g-fo.skanova.com anywhere domain -> any
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> domain
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 515
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> 82
deny udp anywhere anywhere any -> syslog
deny all anywhere 192.168.1.0/24 n/a
deny all 192.168.1.0/24 anywhere n/a
deny all anywhere 192.168.1.0/24 n/a
deny all anywhere 192.168.2.0/24 n/a
deny all 192.168.2.0/24 anywhere n/a
deny all anywhere 192.168.2.0/24 n/a
acc all anywhere anywhere n/a

Do you think that I can be better off with XP-firewall also?

I don't see that Windows Firewall is so configurable as I would like it to be.
I could not find any way to make an exeption for my internal net there.
So, it will be switched off.

Ralph
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Ralph,

Freesco is a perimeter defense, and you're right, it will do fine for protecting
you against network threats from the outside, like Zotob. And as long as you
have no other possible means for attack, you're probably fine.

Most security folks (and Microsoft) recommend individual protection on each
computer; just in case one gets infected in some other way, limiting the spread
of an infection can save you a lot of trouble. It's called damage control, and
is part of a layered defense.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/please-protect-yourself-layer-your.html>

At least one of the successful Zotob infections over the past weekend was
thought to have been caused by someone bringing an infected laptop in from the
outside; another was one reporter opening email with an infected attachment.
One of the elements of layered defense is common sense; if you exercise that,
you'll be ahead of the staff at ABC News, CNN, and NY Times.
 
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=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ralph_H=F6glund?=

Chuck skrev:
Ralph,

Freesco is a perimeter defense, and you're right, it will do fine for protecting
you against network threats from the outside, like Zotob. And as long as you
have no other possible means for attack, you're probably fine.

Most security folks (and Microsoft) recommend individual protection on each
computer; just in case one gets infected in some other way, limiting the spread
of an infection can save you a lot of trouble. It's called damage control, and
is part of a layered defense.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/please-protect-yourself-layer-your.html>

At least one of the successful Zotob infections over the past weekend was
thought to have been caused by someone bringing an infected laptop in from the
outside; another was one reporter opening email with an infected attachment.
One of the elements of layered defense is common sense; if you exercise that,
you'll be ahead of the staff at ABC News, CNN, and NY Times.
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lol! To be ahead of those guys is really something! Maybe

Well, sounds great!
I just wonder how I can get the XP Firewalls on both computers to be configured
so 192.168.1.10 and 192.168.2.10 can exchange files and printers? I have looked in the
documentation without any clue yet. Do you have a tip for me?
 
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Chuck

Chuck skrev:
lol! To be ahead of those guys is really something! Maybe

Well, sounds great!
I just wonder how I can get the XP Firewalls on both computers to be configured
so 192.168.1.10 and 192.168.2.10 can exchange files and printers? I have looked in the
documentation without any clue yet. Do you have a tip for me?
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Ralph,

So we're back to the subnet issue. With one computer at 192.168.1.10 and the
other at 192.168.2.10, you have them on 2 separate subnets - that simply won't
work for easy file sharing. You have 2 choices here:
1) Configure the Freesco so the two ports are on the same subnet (such as
192.168.1.10 on one, and 192.168.1.11 on the other).
2) Connect a switch to one port, and connect both computers to the switch.
Then configure one as 192.168.1.10, and the other as 192.168.1.11).
 
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Chuck skrev:
Ralph,

So we're back to the subnet issue. With one computer at 192.168.1.10 and the
other at 192.168.2.10, you have them on 2 separate subnets - that simply won't
work for easy file sharing. You have 2 choices here:
1) Configure the Freesco so the two ports are on the same subnet (such as
192.168.1.10 on one, and 192.168.1.11 on the other).
2) Connect a switch to one port, and connect both computers to the switch.
Then configure one as 192.168.1.10, and the other as 192.168.1.11).
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Yes, I suspected that answer! I have already ordered a switch so my problems
will be solved the easy way, alt. 2)! :)

Thanks Chuck!
 
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Chuck

Chuck skrev:
Yes, I suspected that answer! I have already ordered a switch so my problems
will be solved the easy way, alt. 2)! :)

Thanks Chuck!
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You're welcome, Ralph! Please let us know how the switch use turns out.
 

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