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Ross Smith
I think I know how to configure this, but wouldn't mind a second opinion if
anyone out there has a few minutes free.
My boss has a multi homed machine on his home network. It has a USB
broadband router, and a wireless LAN card which is used to connect to his
other computers. Internet Connection Sharing allows the broadband to be
shared with the computers on his wireless network.
I'm going to install SP2 on this machine soon, but just spotted that the
exception for File and Print sharing in the firewall appears to apply for
all connections. I want to allow sharing for the local (wireless) network
but obviously not over the internet.
I'm now wondering if I can achieve this by allowing File & Print sharing in
the firewall exceptions list, but then unbinding it from the broadband
router. It's not pretty but I think it'll work. I know I could just
install ZoneAlarm, but I'm curious as to whether SP2 is going to let me do
this.
Anyone have any thoughts?
Ross
anyone out there has a few minutes free.
My boss has a multi homed machine on his home network. It has a USB
broadband router, and a wireless LAN card which is used to connect to his
other computers. Internet Connection Sharing allows the broadband to be
shared with the computers on his wireless network.
I'm going to install SP2 on this machine soon, but just spotted that the
exception for File and Print sharing in the firewall appears to apply for
all connections. I want to allow sharing for the local (wireless) network
but obviously not over the internet.
I'm now wondering if I can achieve this by allowing File & Print sharing in
the firewall exceptions list, but then unbinding it from the broadband
router. It's not pretty but I think it'll work. I know I could just
install ZoneAlarm, but I'm curious as to whether SP2 is going to let me do
this.
Anyone have any thoughts?
Ross