XP SP2 Inbound Connections

[Guest]

Hi, I have an XP machine that shares a LAN with a Win2k3 machine behind a
LinkSys befsr41 router. The XP machine can ping the Win2k3 machine and “seeâ€
shares on the Win2k3 machine but the Win2k3 machine cannot ping the XP
machine and cannot “see†shares on the XP machine. Also I am unable to
connect to the XP machine via Remote Desktop (WAN or LAN). I have a Cisco VPN
client installed on the XP machine that is working ok. I have disabled the XP
SP2 firewall and stopped the firewall service. I ran netdiag and the report
shows “Passed†or “Skipped†for everything. Any help on where I might start
to diagnose this problem would be greatly appreciated. - Ethan

 

[Guest]

Turned out the Cisco VPN Client has a firewall feature that was enabled...

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Hi, I have an XP machine that shares a LAN with a Win2k3 machine behind a
LinkSys befsr41 router. The XP machine can ping the Win2k3 machine and “see”
shares on the Win2k3 machine but the Win2k3 machine cannot ping the XP
machine and cannot “see” shares on the XP machine. Also I am unable to
connect to the XP machine via Remote Desktop (WAN or LAN). I have a Cisco VPN
client installed on the XP machine that is working ok. I have disabled the XP
SP2 firewall and stopped the firewall service. I ran netdiag and the report
shows “Passed” or “Skipped” for everything. Any help on where I might start
to diagnose this problem would be greatly appreciated. - Ethan

Re-start the firewall service.

If you don't want to use Windows Firewall, turn it off in Control
Panel | Security Center | Window Firewall.

If you want to use Windows Firewall, configure it with exceptions for
File and Printer Sharing and Remote Desktop.

Is there another firewall (Norton, McAfee, PC-cillin, ZoneAlarm, etc)
on the XP computer? If so, turn Windows Firewall off and configure
the other firewall to allow File and Printer Sharing and Remote
Desktop.

Configure the Linksys router to forward Remote Desktop (port 3389) to
the XP machine. Assigning a static IP address to the machine makes
that easier.
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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