Re: Configuration of Symantec Client Firewall in home network?

From: NeoSadist (neosad1st_at_charter.net)
Date: 01/11/04 

Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 15:43:41 -0700

Donald Newcomb wrote:

> I am currently running the Symantec Client Firewall (v.5.1) on my W2K
> (SP4) home computer to protect my dial-up connection to the Internet. The
> Symantec AV & firewall software are licensed by my employer to permit
> employees to use them at home. In addition to the dial-up connection I
> also have a local Ethernet LAN with a couple of laptop computers on the
> 192.168.0.X address space, for which I have enabled ICS on the dial-up.

Uh, isn't that for home business?
Oh, and by the way, internet connection sharing is retarded in my opinion.
It doesn't work right, and the way it works is not very good either.

>
> At this time I can "ping" from a laptop through the ICS dialup to various
> Internet hosts, either by name or IP number. However, I don't seem to be
> able to make http:// connections as long as the firewall in enabled. If I
> disable the firewall then I can surf all I like through the ICS. Of
> course, in this day and age, I don't want to be connected without a
> firewall.

Contact Symantec then. Or, in settings, look for something that has to do
with port forwarding, since the host that is sharing to the laptop needs
the stuff forwarded to it.

>
> I've looked at the various Internet Access Control "system wide"
> configuration settings and have permitted such things a Windows file
> sharing to & from only computers on the 198.168.0.X adapter. However, I
> have not yet found the setting combination that allows me to use outbound
> http:// through the ICS. I've searched the Symantec support site for the
> answer but have not been able to find it.
>
> Can someone please give me a pointer to a site or FAQ that discusses how
> to set up firewall software to protect your system while permitting full
> use of ICS.

www.symentec.com has tons of useful knowledge base subjects...

>
> Thanks, 

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