[Elux]

Hi Guys

Recently dumped the usb broadband modem and fitted a modem router, have 3 PCs using Win XP networked on it, all 3 connect to the net no probs, all 3 work ok on the LAN until I enable the XP firewall then I can still see all connections to the LAN but am denied access to them, I thought the Firewalling was to protect against intrusion from the net not from the computers on the LAN?. Am I missing something obvious.

Thanks

[Silver-Dagger]

One of the things the XP firewall does is block ALL incoming trafic to known problem ports like the samba. It is primarily for machines that are connected directly to the net. If you are using a nat router then you should use its built-in firewall protection. This way all of your machines are protected from the net but you can still do whatever you want on your local lan.