XP Firewall and ICS

From: Alex McClane (McClane_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/29/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 14:29:03 -0800

hi there
I have a PC with 2 NICs (XP SP2) setup as an Internet Gateway connected to a
cable modem using XP ICS. I have the XP firewall enabled by default.

The other PCs are connected to this PC through a wireless AP and everything
works fine.

However, my question is, I have read that while XP Firewall does block
incoming traffic, it does not for outgoing traffic (pings, probes etc.). So,
will installing a personal firewall on the gateway PC like Sygate or Zone
Alarm and disabling XP firewall be better off as they appear to report on
both incoming and outgoing traffic.

Also, if anybody has this in place, will the personal firewall on the
Gateway also block internal traffic between PCs on my network ?

Any answer will be greatly appreciated.....

Thanks

Alex

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