re: Question about 'Connect to a Windows XP or 2000 system with a Windows 95, 98, or Me system over a Network'
Sunday, April 3, 2005 at 8:42 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Michael
(1 messages posted)
A firewall was going to be my thought as well. If WinXP Service Pack 2 is running,
then that could certainly be the problem. XP-SP2 has a built in firewall that is
just dumb enough to be annoying, but just smart enough to be a pain. I suggest Zonelabs
'ZoneAlarm' firewall. There is a free version of this, and can be downloaded at www.zonelabs.com
. The XP firewall does not let you allow certain computers (or certain networks,
for that matter) to access the XP computer. This should be why only the XP system
is invisible.
Install ZoneAlarm. Once that is finished, you will need to add your home network
to the "Trusted Zone." Click "Firewall" on the left hand side, and (My suggestion)
move the "Trusted Zone Security" slider to Medium. This will allow sharing between
computers that are on the network you will add to this zone in just a moment. Next,
look for a "Zones" tab at the top right (under the Help button). Hopefully, there
will be a network listed already. If there is, then click on its line under the Zone
column and choose Trusted. If it is not listed, then click the 'Add' button at the
bottom, and choose 'IP Range.' This is where you will need to know (Assuming your
router is automatically assigning IP addresses) what IP addresses your router is
giving you. Another way to do it is to find out your own IP address (Start > Run
> cmd > ipconfig) then add that. For example, if your address is 192.168.0.3, then
in the first box listed as "IP Address," add 192.168.0.0, and in the second 192.168.0.254
. This will add your whole network to the Trusted zone. Make sure the box at the
top says "Trusted," add a description, and click "OK." Now, you should be able to
see each computer! Be sure to only add the network addresses INSIDE the router to
your trusted, or else you will end up with a bad case of the viruses and spyware
EASY.
Well, I hope that I helped. If anyone needs a little more help with this feel free
to email me.
-Michael
On Thursday, March 10, 2005 at 4:19 am, AndyMc wrote:
>Hiya I was looking for into also btu this sounds like a case of one pc has a firewall
>running, I know it sounds daft but disable firewall and try again. if their is a
>prob with firewall u need to allow port 139 for netbios but their maybe a need to
>enable other ports but least its a start.
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