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Posted by Duane Arnold on May 20, 2006, 2:30 pm
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Gene wrote:
> I am running a desktop with WinXP Pro and I have Windows firewall
> turned off as well as ZoneLabs which is also installed. The funny
> thing is that Windows Security Center is telling me that Firewall is
> still "On".
It could be a mistake I don't know.
> The thing is that I don't know of any other firewall on my
> desktop. Does anybody know how I can find this other unknown fire
> wall so I can turn it off?
If there are personal FW(s) running on the NT based O/S, they will be
running as a Service. You should go look at the services and see if
something is running, as you'll see the XP PFW and ZA PFW services
there and any other PFW solution.
? There is a firewall on my Linksys wireless
> router (WRT54G), but I turned that off too.
That one you should flat-out should leave alone and not mess with it.
(Can Windows detect this?)
No, the router and the software running on it is a standalone solution,
which is not running with the Windows O/S and therefore the O/S is not
detecting it.
>
> The reason I want to turn the firewall off is because on my home
> network, my laptop can not ping my desktop and I suspect it is being
> blocked by this unknown firewall somewhere.
It sounds like a protocol issue on the NIC's in a wireless situation
with wire and wireless machines not being able to communicate.
I don't think it has anything to do with any type of FW solution, which
you should leave the PFW(s) down behind the router, until you get things
working.
I suggest you install MS's NWlink on the NIC's if they are XP machines
and see if that works for you.
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/network_protocols.htm
Duane :)
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