firewall and ping usig netbios name

[Jeff]

Hey

I have 2 computers in my home network

pc1: winXP pro with sp2
pc2: win2k3

They can ping each other using IP address. If I turn off the firewalls on
both machine then I can ping each other using their netbios names.
But having turned off firewall is bad for security... so here is my problem,
what ICMP exception do I need to allow on the firewalls for this to work
(ping each other pc using their netbios names) ??


jeff

 

[Guest]

which security software do u use, like wht firewall u have?

 

[Jeff]

standard firewall which came with the sp2 of winXP... and using the same
firewall on the win2k3 machine