Re: ZoneAlarm - web access problem

From: Michael (mgordon2_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 06/27/04 

Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 21:52:16 -0500

Chip Orange wrote:

>Can't you just connect the cable modem to the hub also so that everything
>doesn't have to be relayed through your primary machine?
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>"BG" <spam.check@spamcheck.com> wrote in message
>news:TfoDc.661$Uo3.598@newsfe6-gui.server.ntli.net...
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>>My knowledge of firewalls is weak to say the least And I'm hoping for some
>>advice:
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>>I have four home XP machines connected on a LAN through a 10/100 hub. All
>>machines can see each other on the network. The principal machine (mine)
>>has a second NIC which connects to a cable modem and the modem is shared
>>through Windows. My machine has Zone Alarm (current version although this
>>problem has been going on for at least the last two upates and is probably
>>not version related.)
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>>The problem is that, despite having used both the Windows Network Wizard
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>>also set up manually, one machine steadfastly fails to be able to connect
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>to
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>>the Web when ZA is running. All machines are set up the same and are
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>within
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>>the same IP range and subnet mask. ZA trusted zone contains the entire IP
>>range but I've also included the IP address of the problem machine, still
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>to
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>>no avail.
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>>The problem came about after the errant machine (my daughter's) suffered
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>a
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>>terminal O/S problem which had to be dealt with by a complete
>>re-installation. Can someone please point me in the right direction?
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>>Thanks
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>>B.
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A simple solution to this is to bring your cable into the cable modem,
then run a short cable from the modem output to the hub, from the hub
connect all 4 computers. Your PC with ZA installed should read the hub
IP address, the remaining PCs will connect directly to the hub without
ZA firewall.

Michael

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