Want to GET RID of firewall

Hey guys, my problem is that I want to get rid of whatever is causing my
computer to act like it's firewalled.

I'm currently studying in Japan and have ADSL in the dorms. It seemed to be
firewalled, but no one else I asked really knew much about it, so I just kind
of accepted it and moved on. But recently one of my friends in Tokyo has
gotten a new internet connection, which her computer works perfectly on and
gets amazing speed. But when I connect, it still seems I am firewalled. Using
PC Flank's scanner (pcflank.com) all my ports are stealthed while hers are
closed.

I am not concerned with security, and just want to get rid of whatever is
causing this. I am using XP Professional and do not have SP2. I have XP's
built in firewall turned off on all my network connections. I have had Norton
Systemworks 2005 installed, but have uninstalled it.. not sure if there could
be lingering settings from that. I have gone into the registry but don't know
what to look for...

Anyways I have done all I can think of. Even gone through and checked every
setting I can find and matched it with the working computer. It's very
frustrating... PLEASE help!

What is the problem. If your ports are stealthed then no-one can find your PC
and hack it. If her ports are closed then a hacker knows there is a computer
there and can port bash until they get through.
Your system is far safer.
Her speed could be because she is on a faster link. Yours could be 1Mb/s and
hers 2Mb/s. Speed is relative. How fast is her machine compared to yours for
example.

"gavengi" wrote:

> Hey guys, my problem is that I want to get rid of whatever is causing my
> computer to act like it's firewalled.
>
> I'm currently studying in Japan and have ADSL in the dorms. It seemed to be
> firewalled, but no one else I asked really knew much about it, so I just kind
> of accepted it and moved on. But recently one of my friends in Tokyo has
> gotten a new internet connection, which her computer works perfectly on and
> gets amazing speed. But when I connect, it still seems I am firewalled. Using
> PC Flank's scanner (pcflank.com) all my ports are stealthed while hers are
> closed.
>
> I am not concerned with security, and just want to get rid of whatever is
> causing this. I am using XP Professional and do not have SP2. I have XP's
> built in firewall turned off on all my network connections. I have had Norton
> Systemworks 2005 installed, but have uninstalled it.. not sure if there could
> be lingering settings from that. I have gone into the registry but don't know
> what to look for...
>
> Anyways I have done all I can think of. Even gone through and checked every
> setting I can find and matched it with the working computer. It's very
> frustrating... PLEASE help!

The best system I have found is First a NAT router with a DMZ set to a
fictitious IP address. This stops outsiders from accessing your network and
makes the ports stealthed (try this link to see if you are stealthed
https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 its called shields up).
Next is McAfee's Internet security which has a personal firewall to stop
dangerous information being extracted or sent from your machine and includes
anti virus and spam blockers.

it is possible to use other method of authentication besides wep with
a senao/engenius 2611 cb3plus (deluxe), like 802.1x tls, eap, etc?
thanks