Re: Cannot "change settings" in Network Connections for AOL Dial-Up

From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospam.cableone.net)
Date: 09/01/03 

Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 12:38:15 -0600

Greetings --

   You'll either need to find a 3rd party firewall that is compatible
with AOL, or switch to a real ISP that is compatible with the real
Internet..

    AOL is an on-line content provider that ignores international
Internetworking standards in favor of its own proprietary products,
and has deliberately made its connection software incompatible with
both WinXP's built-in firewall and WinXP's Internet Connection Sharing
feature. AOL's proprietary connection applet is deliberately designed
to preclude your setting/adjusting any of its properties, to include
enabling/disabling WinXP's ICF and ICS.

    ZoneAlarm, Kerio, or Sygate are all much better than WinXP's
built-in firewall, and all three have free versions available for
downloading. ZoneAlarm used to be compatible with AOL, and I wouldn't
be surprised if there weren't others.

Bruce Chambers 

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"Daniel" <lavenders3@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:004a01c370b3$94696d60$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Help!  I am trying to enable the 'firewall' option for my
> AOL Dial-Up connection.  I hit Control Panel, then
> Network Connections, but when I select my AOL connection,
> I cannot change the settings.  When I right-click, and
> then try to click "Properties," I get no response.  I use
> Windows XP on a Dell computer.
>
> Any suggestions?

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