"KathiG" said:
I am helping a friend (long distance) to get her new XP
machine into her network of Win98 machines. The XP machine
can ping all the 98 machines but the 98 machines can not
ping the XP machine. It is XP home version. I am thinknig
it has something to do with the firewall on the XP machine
but we can not get it turned off. Help would be
appriciated.
thanks
Kathi
You can enable or disable XP's Internet Connection Firewall
independently on each network connection.
If a network connection connects directly to the Internet (dial-up
modem, cable modem, DSL modem), enable ICF on that connection to
protect your computer from access by other Internet users. It will
also stop the unwanted advertisements (messenger pop-ups).
If a network connection connects indirectly to the Internet (through
another computer or a broadband router), don't enable ICF on that
connection. On a local area network connection with other computers,
ICF blocks file sharing.
So, for example, on an ICS host computer with a cable modem
connection:
1. Enable ICS on the cable modem connection.
2. Disable ICS on the local area network connection.
Details here:
Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/ic_firewall.htm
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