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I have a home network setup behind a netgear router. All machines are running
XP Pro (SP2). In addition I have an inside AP (d-link) that my elderly
neighbor can see at her location and I want to allow her XP Pro (SP2)
computer to wirelessly connect to my network (workgroup) but be excluded from
sharing any other resources except the internet. From what little research
I've done, it appears that if I disable the Guest account and turn off simple
file sharing in my neighbor's computer it will not be able to access the
resources on other computers in the network - correct? Bottom line is all my
neighbor needs is access to the internet.
 
Can't you simply put your neighbors computer in another workgroup? Like just
basically don't tell her your Workgroup name so he/she can't browse your
resources over at your LAN. You shouldn't need to be in the same Workgroup
in order for your neighbord to connect to the Internet using your Wireless
connection. This is just one of the method that just zipped through my head
so there could be other solutions as well.

P.S. That is mighty generous of you to share your wireless connection with
your neighbors =D
 
playIT@home said:
I have a home network setup behind a netgear router. All machines are
running
XP Pro (SP2). In addition I have an inside AP (d-link) that my elderly
neighbor can see at her location and I want to allow her XP Pro (SP2)
computer to wirelessly connect to my network (workgroup) but be excluded
from
sharing any other resources except the internet. From what little research
I've done, it appears that if I disable the Guest account and turn off
simple
file sharing in my neighbor's computer it will not be able to access the
resources on other computers in the network - correct? Bottom line is all
my
neighbor needs is access to the internet.
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To secure your LAN, you need to disable SFS and guest accounts on YOUR
machines, not your neighbour's!
You will then need to set up share permissions properly.

Another thing you could do is modify the 'scope' of the File+Print sharing
exception in Windows Firewall on your machines, to include all your PCs but
exclude your neighbour. ( It defaults to the entire LAN subnet. )

Personally, I'd use different VLANs for this kind of thing, but most
domestic class network hardware is not up for this.
 
[QUOTE=""Kyuzo said:
I have a home network setup behind a netgear router. All machines are running
XP Pro (SP2). In addition I have an inside AP (d-link) that my elderly
neighbor can see at her location and I want to allow her XP Pro (SP2)
computer to wirelessly connect to my network (workgroup) but be excluded from
sharing any other resources except the internet. From what little research
I've done, it appears that if I disable the Guest account and turn off simple
file sharing in my neighbor's computer it will not be able to access the
resources on other computers in the network - correct? Bottom line is all my
neighbor needs is access to the internet.
Click to expand...

Can't you simply put your neighbors computer in another workgroup? Like just
basically don't tell her your Workgroup name so he/she can't browse your
resources over at your LAN. You shouldn't need to be in the same Workgroup
in order for your neighbord to connect to the Internet using your Wireless
connection. This is just one of the method that just zipped through my head
so there could be other solutions as well.

P.S. That is mighty generous of you to share your wireless connection with
your neighbors =D[/QUOTE]

Using different workgroups will have no effect. Windows networking
supports multiple workgroups, and a computer in any workgroup can
access a computer in any workgroup.

To see all of the workgroups on a network:

1. Click My Network Places.
2. Click "View workgroup computers".
3. Press the Backspace key.

To see all of the computers in a workgroup, click the workgroup icon.

To access another compute directly, regardless of what workgroup
either computer is in, type the other computer's name in the Start |
Run box in this format:

\\computer
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
 
Steve Winograd said:
[QUOTE=""Kyuzo said:
I have a home network setup behind a netgear router. All machines are running
XP Pro (SP2). In addition I have an inside AP (d-link) that my elderly
neighbor can see at her location and I want to allow her XP Pro (SP2)
computer to wirelessly connect to my network (workgroup) but be
Click to expand...
excluded
from
sharing any other resources except the internet. From what little research
I've done, it appears that if I disable the Guest account and turn off simple
file sharing in my neighbor's computer it will not be able to access the
resources on other computers in the network - correct? Bottom line is
Click to expand...
all
my
neighbor needs is access to the internet.
Click to expand...

Can't you simply put your neighbors computer in another workgroup? Like just
basically don't tell her your Workgroup name so he/she can't browse your
resources over at your LAN. You shouldn't need to be in the same Workgroup
in order for your neighbord to connect to the Internet using your Wireless
connection. This is just one of the method that just zipped through my head
so there could be other solutions as well.

P.S. That is mighty generous of you to share your wireless connection with
your neighbors =D
Click to expand...

Using different workgroups will have no effect. Windows networking
supports multiple workgroups, and a computer in any workgroup can
access a computer in any workgroup.

To see all of the workgroups on a network:

1. Click My Network Places.
2. Click "View workgroup computers".
3. Press the Backspace key.

To see all of the computers in a workgroup, click the workgroup icon.

To access another compute directly, regardless of what workgroup
either computer is in, type the other computer's name in the Start |
Run box in this format:

\\computer
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com[/QUOTE]

ahhh snaps I only realized it after you corrected me. Thanks
 
Thanks. I got a similar response from another source. Since I'm using
consumer equipment, obviously this set up won't be as robust as a corporate
network. And being a plug-n-play type, turning off SFS and setting up
permissions seems daunting. I do like the copncept of setting up Window
firewall to exclude requests from my neighbor's machine and think I can be
succesful with that.

That why I only play IT at home.
 
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