Re: firewall questions

From: Lars M. Hansen (badnews_at_hansenonline.net)
Date: 06/28/05 

Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 12:53:06 -0400

On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 12:19:53 -0400, Old Guy spoketh

>I have two problems.
>1) One device manufacturer requires specific ports to be open. One of
>them is UPD 2190. How do I determine if a port is open?
>2) My laptop can not access shared folders on my PC across a wireless
>network. Dell reps say there is no way to configure my firewall to let
>my laptop access my PC folders - I have to disable my firewall to do
>that. Is there no way in Norton Firewall to allow my laptop to access
>folders thru a firewall?

1. Depends on the firewall in question. Usually, a rule needs to be
created to allow traffic on a certain port to connect in/out, but since
you give no specifics, that's just speculation.

2. Where is Norton installed? On the PC or the Laptop? Norton can be
configured to allow selected IP addresses connect to certain ports, so
yes, you can access shared folders through the Norton firewall. Again,
you give no specifics, so I cannot provide any more specific answer.

Lars M. Hansen
http://www.hansenonline.net
(replace 'badnews' with 'news' in e-mail address)

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