Re: Strange windows firewall behaviour with file and printer shari

Thanks Steven,

I think I leave it like this because I also share an internet connection via
this computer and it took me some time to get it working.

--
marcel63


"Steven L Umbach" schreef:

> The IP address ending in .255 are broadcasts that are meant to be received
> by any computer on the network versus unicast which is sent to a specific IP
> address. Broadcasts are normal and the ones you see are for netbios name
> resolution and netbios browse list maintenance which is how the list of
> computers you see in My Network Places is built and maintained in a behind
> the scenes operation that involves browse masters and such. However they
> should not be stopped by your firewall if file and print sharing is enabled
> for your network/subnet. You might try going to use the option to restore
> defaults in the advanced tab and then reconfigure your exception for file
> and print sharing to see if that helps. You can also use the command netsh
> firewall show state verbose = enable to see detailed command line info about
> your Windows Firewall configuration. --- Steve
>
>
>
> "marcel63" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:3CB5740C-068D-4777-828A-A1D00358CC5E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Hi friends,
> >
> > I have 2 computers with IP 192.168.2.169 and 192.168.2.150 with subnet
> > mask
> > 255.255.255.0 connected by means of a router. Both running windows xp sp2
> > fully updated.
> >
> > Without windows firewall file and printer sharing works fine.
> > Windows firewall enabled with file and printer sharing scope "any computer
> > (including those on the internet)" also works.
> >
> > If I change the scope to "my network (subnet only)" it does not work any
> > more !!
> >
> > Why is this ?
> >
> > I put logging on the destination computer on and the following is logged.
> > (I
> > do not understand why the destination computer IP adress is equal
> > 192.168.2.255 instead of 192.168.2.150)
> >
> > #Version: 1.5
> > #Software: Microsoft Windows Firewall
> > #Time Format: Local
> > #Fields: date time action protocol src-ip dst-ip src-port dst-port size
> > tcpflags tcpsyn tcpack tcpwin icmptype icmpcode info path
> >
> > 2005-12-08 21:13:39 DROP UDP 192.168.2.169 192.168.2.255 138 138
> > 244 - - - -
> > - - - RECEIVE
> > 2005-12-08 21:13:47 DROP UDP 192.168.2.169 192.168.2.255 138 138
> > 246 - - - -
> > - - - RECEIVE
> > 2005-12-08 21:14:09 DROP UDP 192.168.2.169 192.168.2.255 137 137
> > 78 - - - -
> > - - - RECEIVE
> > 2005-12-08 21:14:09 DROP UDP 192.168.2.169 192.168.2.255 137 137
> > 78 - - - -
> > - - - RECEIVE
> >
> >
> > --
> > marcel63
>
>
>
.

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