ports to open of firewall with service pack 2 installed

[Joe]

Greetings Everyone,
I have a peer to peer topology with all xp pro pcs. They
are sharing their local folders, printers and other
resources between machines. When SP 2 was installed it
enabled the firewall and closed certain ports preventing
the machines from accessing each others local resources.
What ports do I need to open and allow in traffice,
inorder for them to share their folders, printers etc.
Many thanks in advance.

Joe

 

[Phil]

I assume your network is protected by a hardware firewall, so just turn the
xp firewall off and don't worry about it.

 

[Guest]

138, 139 are file sharing ports...

 

[Trevor OE News]

Joe,

Go to the "windows firewall" in control panel. select the "exceptions" tab
at the top. Place a checkmark next to "File and Printer Sharing".

-Trevor

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Simply set the Security Center's Exceptions list to allow file and
print sharing. No need to enable specific ports for this.

Bruce Chambers
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[SlowJet]

Can we assume you are nuts.

SJ

-----Original Message-----
I assume your network is protected by a hardware firewall, so just turn the
xp firewall off and don't worry about it.




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[Phil]

Life would be boring if we didn't get a little nuts sometimes. But I don't
see what that has to do with turning the xp firewall off if your already
protected by a hardware firewall. It's a safe thing to do. Although assuming
is sometimes not a safe thing to do - ;o)