Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall and AOL

[Claudine]

I have been trying to get my firewall to work. I have
Windows XP Home Edition and also AOL. The problem I have
is that when I go to Network Connections then to Dial up
I right click on AOL under Dial up, then click on
Properties and then nothing. I can't get to the next
screen to set up the Internet Connection Firewall? I
have also tried doing this: Go to Network Connections,
then to Dial up and highlight AOL and the go to Change
settings of this connection-I still get nothing. I can"t
get to the next screen? Does anyone have a solution?

Claudine

 

[Jone Doe]

My only suggestion would be to drop AOL. It doesn't play well with others.
Then get a 'real' ISP and perhaps some help with the problem.

 

[MAP]

-----Original Message-----
I have been trying to get my firewall to work. I have
Windows XP Home Edition and also AOL. The problem I have
is that when I go to Network Connections then to Dial up
I right click on AOL under Dial up, then click on
Properties and then nothing. I can't get to the next
screen to set up the Internet Connection Firewall? I
have also tried doing this: Go to Network Connections,
then to Dial up and highlight AOL and the go to Change
settings of this connection-I still get nothing. I can"t
get to the next screen? Does anyone have a solution?

Claudine
.

I seem to remember reading somewhere that AOhell will not
allow you to turn the XP fiewall on. Try zone alarm.

http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jsp

 

[empireAA]

I have been trying to get my firewall to work. I have
Windows XP Home Edition and also AOL. The problem I have
is that when I go to Network Connections then to Dial up
I right click on AOL under Dial up, then click on
Properties and then nothing. I can't get to the next
screen to set up the Internet Connection Firewall? I
have also tried doing this: Go to Network Connections,
then to Dial up and highlight AOL and the go to Change
settings of this connection-I still get nothing. I can"t
get to the next screen? Does anyone have a solution?

Claudine

MAP is correct. AOL as of yet is not fully compatible ICF. In other words,
AOL will not allow ICF to be turned on and retain it's functionality.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

If you're using AOL, you'll either need to find a 3rd party
firewall that is compatible with AOL, or switch to a real ISP that is
compatible with the real Internet. This is because AOL is an on-line
content provider that ignores international Internetworking standards
in favor of its own proprietary products, and has deliberately made
its connection software incompatible with both WinXP's built-in
firewall and WinXP's Internet Connection Sharing feature. AOL's
proprietary connection applet is deliberately designed to preclude
your setting/adjusting any of its properties, to include
enabling/disabling WinXP's ICF and ICS.


Bruce Chambers

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