How Disable MS Firewall on Local Network?

[W. Watson]

How do I disable any firewall protection between my XP Pro (SP2) and any other
computers on my local network? I want to be able to operate freely between it and
other computers, and vice versa.
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Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet

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[Guest]

Hi

Click on Start/All Programs/Accessories/System Tools/Security Center

There you will find the Firewall control.

Regards


Geoff

 

[W. Watson]

Hi

Click on Start/All Programs/Accessories/System Tools/Security Center

There you will find the Firewall control.

Regards


Geoff

:

Yes, I know how to find it, but how do I the specific control for access to the local
network?

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Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet

Web Page: <home.earthlink.net/~mtnviews>

 

[Guest]

Hi

I don't think that the XP firewall is all that clever. I use ZoneAlarm,
which gives you many options about who can access your PC and who cannot.
For that reason, I have disabled my XP firewall.

Regards

Geoff

 

[W. Watson]

Hi

I don't think that the XP firewall is all that clever. I use ZoneAlarm,
which gives you many options about who can access your PC and who cannot.
For that reason, I have disabled my XP firewall.

Regards

Geoff

:

I think that's a good idea, but unfortunately I'm a bit trapped in my options at the
moment. Maybe in a few weeks I'll go back to my old firewall, McAfee.

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Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet

Web Page: <home.earthlink.net/~mtnviews>

 

[Bob Willard]

How do I disable any firewall protection between my XP Pro (SP2) and any
other computers on my local network? I want to be able to operate freely
between it and other computers, and vice versa.

If, by operate freely, you merely mean to share files and printers, then
leave the WF enabled, but check the F&P sharing box on WF's control panel.
That will let WF protect you from the outside world while enabling F&P
sharing on your LAN.

Even though XP's WF is improved with SP2, it still does not supply any
protection for outbound traffic. So, I prefer ZoneAlarm.

 

[W. Watson]

If, by operate freely, you merely mean to share files and printers, then
leave the WF enabled, but check the F&P sharing box on WF's control panel.
That will let WF protect you from the outside world while enabling F&P
sharing on your LAN.

Even though XP's WF is improved with SP2, it still does not supply any
protection for outbound traffic. So, I prefer ZoneAlarm.

I take it you mean FW for WF (Fire...Wall)? Actually, the other machine is very often
Linux, but sometimes W2k. Right now I want Linux to be able to talk (send messages)
to XP without restrictions.

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Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet

Web Page: <home.earthlink.net/~mtnviews>

 

[Bob Willard]

I take it you mean FW for WF (Fire...Wall)? Actually, the other machine
is very often Linux, but sometimes W2k. Right now I want Linux to be
able to talk (send messages) to XP without restrictions.

OK, then disable WF. Use ZA as a firewall if your LAN has a WAN link.
And, WF means Windows Firewall. WF is XP SP2's updated version of what
was called, pre-SP2, ICF.