Local Area Connection Status

My connection occasionally locks up and I need to restart my 3Com modemand
Netgear wireless router. (I'm on XP Pro) I noticed that the icon on the
local area connection screen that there is a 'lock' on the line that connects
the monitors to the 'recieved side of the picture. I can't find any
reference to what that iteration of the icon represents. Anyone ever seen
this 'lock'?

Hi Mike,

The lock on the network connection represents that the connection has
ICF/Windows Firewall enabled.


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Eric Cross
Microsoft MVP (Windows Networking)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com


"Mike D" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:3D19F08A-333C-4785-8D2C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> My connection occasionally locks up and I need to restart my 3Com modemand
> Netgear wireless router. (I'm on XP Pro) I noticed that the icon on the
> local area connection screen that there is a 'lock' on the line that
> connects
> the monitors to the 'recieved side of the picture. I can't find any
> reference to what that iteration of the icon represents. Anyone ever seen
> this 'lock'?

Can I configure the XP firewall to allow this traffic? It only happens on
occasion, so I'm not sure what I do to have it occur at all. Is ICF the same
as the XP firewall?

"Eric Cross [MVP]" wrote:

> Hi Mike,
>
> The lock on the network connection represents that the connection has
> ICF/Windows Firewall enabled.
>
>
> _________________
> Eric Cross
> Microsoft MVP (Windows Networking)
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
>
> "Mike D" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:3D19F08A-333C-4785-8D2C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > My connection occasionally locks up and I need to restart my 3Com modemand
> > Netgear wireless router. (I'm on XP Pro) I noticed that the icon on the
> > local area connection screen that there is a 'lock' on the line that
> > connects
> > the monitors to the 'recieved side of the picture. I can't find any
> > reference to what that iteration of the icon represents. Anyone ever seen
> > this 'lock'?
>
>
>