Win 98 and IPSEC

Does IPSEC have any effect with win 98 users? I really
really need to get the Win 98 issue figured out. I am
really desperate now and getting alot of crap for not
having it fixed yet I am running ICF with port 80 and
port 139 open. I cannot get the Win 98 clients to connect
to the Win 2003 Server, (unless i open port 137, then
every user can get in)

I have WINS setup, but it seems to do nothing. I do not
have a DNS setup. The computers are only on a workgroup

Please help

Thanks

Depends on your IPSec policy. If the Win2k3 server has been set up to
require IPSec for all connections, then yes, the lack of native IPSec
ability within win98 would certainly be a problem for you.
However, given that IPSec is not a light-weight feature, I'd suspect that
you'd already know if such was the case, and instead would see what the ICF
log has to say. On the logging tab of the ICF UI (for any interface, it's a
global setting) check the box for logging dropped packets. Attempt to
connect then check to see what the firewall bounced.

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David
Microsoft Windows Networking
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"Curtis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Does IPSEC have any effect with win 98 users? I really
> really need to get the Win 98 issue figured out. I am
> really desperate now and getting alot of crap for not
> having it fixed yet I am running ICF with port 80 and
> port 139 open. I cannot get the Win 98 clients to connect
> to the Win 2003 Server, (unless i open port 137, then
> every user can get in)
>
> I have WINS setup, but it seems to do nothing. I do not
> have a DNS setup. The computers are only on a workgroup
>
> Please help
>
> Thanks