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re: Question about 'How to Share Files through Windows XP's Internet Connection Firewall'
Tuesday, October 7, 2003 at 5:58 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Bob B
(2307 messages posted)
What does it do if you change back to the local host (127.0.0.1)? That is the "normal"
proxy for a lot of the built-in services and simple file sharing seems to fit that
bill. Otherwise, you might consider turning off simple file sharing and going with
"real" networking.
On Tuesday, October 7, 2003 at 3:19 am, John Millns wrote:
>.I have a question about How
>to Share Files through Windows XP's Internet Connection Firewall:
>I am networking with WinXP, Win2K and a Win98 computers. I use a cross-over cable,
>as I only occasionally need to network to the Win 98 computer.
>Everything works OK with the XP computer's firewall disabled. I then tried your
>fix to allow the Xp's firewall to be enabled and this fails to work with any of
the
>alternative port connections suggested.
>The only difference that I can see with my set up, is that I have a manually assigned
>IP address for each computer (this was to prevent the “Auto-IP-Config” start up
delay
>on the Win98 computer).
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