xp firewall dropping connections

[chad]

The xp pro workstations at our site have the built-in
firewall enabled. While users have a session such as
telnet or remote desktop running, it seems that after a
short amount of time the network session to the remote
host is dropped. The remote host still shows a connection
to the XP pro workstation, but the workstation shows that
the connection is gone. When this happens, the network
application seems as though it is still running, but once
a user tries to access the remote host, the application
simply quits unexpectedly. This behavior disappears once
the xp firewall is disabled. We were forced to go with a
third party firewall solution, but am wondering if anyone
else has seen this behavior out of the xp firewall.

Thanks for any suggestions!

 

[Sadie]

I'm on a standalone P.C.The Microsoft Firewall hangs on
start up ALL the time.It's a fact,you can't rely on it.

How I wish ol'Bill would team up with some Security
Professionals,and sort it out.Please,let's have some
cooperation between these companies.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

The 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 connection to the Internet.

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


Bruce Chambers

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[MAP]

Try zone alarm

-----Original Message-----
I'm on a standalone P.C.The Microsoft Firewall hangs on
start up ALL the time.It's a fact,you can't rely on it.

How I wish ol'Bill would team up with some Security
Professionals,and sort it out.Please,let's have some
cooperation between these companies.
.