Re: XP drops TCP and UDP packets from my WIN98SE computers in the same workgroup

From: x y (jamescagney90210@excite.com)
Date: 04/29/02 

From: "x y" <jamescagney90210@excite.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 20:10:05 GMT

I could be wrong, but I have been told that XP firewall cannot be
configured, that the rules you're referring to under IP Security are
separate from the XP firewall. If this is true, I'd recommend a hardware
and software firewall instead. See the "Linksys BEFSR41 Blocking" post for
recommendations.

"Jonmith" <jonmith@jonmith.net> wrote in message
news:1tgz8.11960$Q42.521740@typhoon.austin.rr.com...
> XP Firewall keeps dropping my TCP and UDP packets from my WIN98SE systems
> which are in the same workgroup as my XP. How can I set a rule to keep my
> XP (XP Pro) system from dropping the TCP & UDP packets from my other home
> systems?
>
> I created a rule for TCP and a rule for UDP in the Advanced Settings
dialog,
> but it won't allow me to specify a range of ports to for the connection
and
> it looks like my WIN98SE systems use a range of ports for these
> connections -- 1025, 1031 - 1034, 1048, 3356, etc.. The firewall I run on
> the other systems (ConSealPC) allows me to allow any range of ports (0 to
> 65535), but the XP pro dialog makes you set a single number from 1 to
> 65535.
>
>
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>

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