XP Firewall option not there...

[Guest]

In Network Connections, I click on "change settings of this connection" for
my Local Area Connection. The only tabs it shows are "General" and
"Authentication." There is no "Advanced" tab to click on, so I can't turn on
my Windows Firewall. Also, I am signed on as the administrator, so it's not
that problem. If it makes any difference, I also have two other icons listed
under Network Connections: "1394 Connection" and "Network Bridge (Network
Bridge) 3". Anyone know what I can do?
Thanks.

 

[Guest]

In Network Connections, I click on "change settings of this connection" for
my Local Area Connection. The only tabs it shows are "General" and
"Authentication." There is no "Advanced" tab to click on, so I can't turn on
my Windows Firewall. Also, I am signed on as the administrator, so it's not
that problem. If it makes any difference, I also have two other icons listed
under Network Connections: "1394 Connection" and "Network Bridge (Network
Bridge) 3". Anyone know what I can do?
Thanks.

 

[Tim Anderson]

In Network Connections, I click on "change settings of this connection"
for
my Local Area Connection. The only tabs it shows are "General" and
"Authentication." There is no "Advanced" tab to click on, so I can't turn
on
my Windows Firewall. Also, I am signed on as the administrator, so it's
not
that problem. If it makes any difference, I also have two other icons
listed
under Network Connections: "1394 Connection" and "Network Bridge (Network
Bridge) 3". Anyone know what I can do?

I've seen this too. From memory, you can't enable the firewall on the
Network Bridge; and if you have a Network Bridge it can hide the firewall
tab on other connections too. Things to do:

1. Do you need the Bridge? If not, remove it.

2. Are the Firewall services running? Control Panel - Administrative Tools -
Services is the Internet Connection Firewall installed and running?

3. In my case, I think it took a restart before the advanced tab showed up
properly.

4. You might want to install XP SP2; there are a lot of changes to the
firewall and the above might not then be necessary.

Tim

SANS and securing Windows
http://www.itwriting.com/blog/?postid=67

 

[Guest]

Thank you. Removing the bridge as well as the administrative tools solved
the problem. I'm in the process of getting SP2 as well....