printer sharing

as soon as we enable the firewall in xp pro, wireless laptop cannot see
shared printer? belkin router has firewall built in is it okay to leave
firewall off in xp, any pointers guys thanks

"nick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:2fe9b.42$YL1.56384
@newsfep2-win.server.ntli.net:

> as soon as we enable the firewall in xp pro, wireless laptop cannot see
> shared printer? belkin router has firewall built in is it okay to leave
> firewall off in xp, any pointers guys thanks
>
>
>

Although the Belkin may claim to have a FW, it most likely doesn't have
one. This doesn't even account for the attack on the wireless side of the
network that the router has limited means of protecting a machine.

The router is good for stopping most general attacks, but it cannot stop
outbound traffic due to a phone home attemp by a Trojan horse and neither
can XP's FW.

At most, the router has NAT and SPI and has FW like capabilities but is
not a FW.

Yeah, you can run with just the router, if you have taken the steps to
lockdown the XP workststion, but that may not be a good idea in today's
environment, with recent events with attacks on the NT based O/S(s).

It's best to have a FW on the machines behind the router for a layered
protection approach, like the free Kerio, ZA, Outpost, Sygate, etc, etc.

http://www.homenethelp.com/web/explain/about-NAT.asp

The protection starts with the O/S.

http://www.uksecurityonline.com/husdg/windowsxp.php

basic wireless security

http://netsecurity.about.com/cs/wirelesssecurity/

You should learn how to make things on the network work with the FW.

Duane

nick wrote:

> as soon as we enable the firewall in xp pro, wireless laptop cannot see
> shared printer? belkin router has firewall built in is it okay to leave
> firewall off in xp, any pointers guys thanks
>
>

XP's built-in FW, ICF, prevents F&P sharing over the LAN. Disable ICF.
There are more flexible FWs, such as ZoneAlarm (www.ZoneLabs.com),
which let you define a Trusted zone and thus allow F&P sharing.
--
Cheers, Bob

thanks for reply guys
"Bob WIllard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> nick wrote:
>
> > as soon as we enable the firewall in xp pro, wireless laptop cannot see
> > shared printer? belkin router has firewall built in is it okay to leave
> > firewall off in xp, any pointers guys thanks
> >
> >
>
> XP's built-in FW, ICF, prevents F&P sharing over the LAN. Disable ICF.
> There are more flexible FWs, such as ZoneAlarm (www.ZoneLabs.com),
> which let you define a Trusted zone and thus allow F&P sharing.
> --
> Cheers, Bob
>