Unable to Network 3 XP Pro machines with workgroup due to ICF

[Danny Bleu]

When I have the XP firewall enabled I am not able to share files. Do you have
the built-in firewall enabled? Do you have another firewall product installed?

I have 3 windows xp pro machines at my house. They all connect thru a
hub/router and the hub/router connects to my cable modem. I do not want any
of the machines acting as conduit for my internet connection as any of the
machines can be rebooted by a user at anytime and thereby disconnting
everyone else. I have run the networking wizard on all the machines and
chose the 'all machines connect thru a hub for internet access' option.
This enables the ICF on all the machines and they cannot share files or see
each other on the workgroup. All are in the same workgroup.

This is what i need.

1. All the machines to be able to share files and folders seemlessly.
2. Use my linksys router/hub as the gateway, as this is my also running my
DHCP.
3. Get the max protection i can after meeting critieria 1 and 2.

I have alot of experience with windows 2000 and NT 4.0 but this windows xp
networking seems to be quite differnt with the ICF.

Thanks.

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

I have 3 windows xp pro machines at my house. They all connect thru a
hub/router and the hub/router connects to my cable modem. I do not want any
of the machines acting as conduit for my internet connection as any of the
machines can be rebooted by a user at anytime and thereby disconnting
everyone else. I have run the networking wizard on all the machines and
chose the 'all machines connect thru a hub for internet access' option.
This enables the ICF on all the machines and they cannot share files or see
each other on the workgroup. All are in the same workgroup.

This is what i need.

1. All the machines to be able to share files and folders seemlessly.
2. Use my linksys router/hub as the gateway, as this is my also running my
DHCP.
3. Get the max protection i can after meeting critieria 1 and 2.

I have alot of experience with windows 2000 and NT 4.0 but this windows xp
networking seems to be quite differnt with the ICF.

Thanks.

Run the Wizard again and tell it that the computers connect to the
Internet through a "residential gateway", which is its term for a
combination hub/router.
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[Dusty Harper {MS}]

For the most part criteria 2 should already be met. So long as the machine
originates the packet, a port mapping should allow a response back in to the
machine.

For file and print sharing, open TCP port 139 ( NetBIOS Session ). This is
done in the Services tab of the Internet Connection Firewall

 

[William Waldo]

I have 3 windows xp pro machines at my house. They all connect thru a
hub/router and the hub/router connects to my cable modem. I do not want any
of the machines acting as conduit for my internet connection as any of the
machines can be rebooted by a user at anytime and thereby disconnting
everyone else. I have run the networking wizard on all the machines and
chose the 'all machines connect thru a hub for internet access' option.
This enables the ICF on all the machines and they cannot share files or see
each other on the workgroup. All are in the same workgroup.

This is what i need.

1. All the machines to be able to share files and folders seemlessly.
2. Use my linksys router/hub as the gateway, as this is my also running my
DHCP.
3. Get the max protection i can after meeting critieria 1 and 2.

I have alot of experience with windows 2000 and NT 4.0 but this windows xp
networking seems to be quite differnt with the ICF.

Thanks.