ZoneAlarm on Win2K pro client

Hi All
I have a 2 comptuer lan setup

Main comp is XP Pro using ICS via dialup modem and I use the XP
inbuilt firewall

Second comp is Win2K pro connected to main via crossover cable

The second comp is just for messing about with Win2k etc, there are
no extra progs installed, only the OS. When I start the client up, it
joins the network ok and I can browse/copy files etc. When I start IE
up it'll initiate a dialup connection to the internet via the modem on
the XP comp and it all works great. But it will only start the dialup
after I initiate it, which is what I want.


The Probelm

I installed ZoneAlarm pro on the client to leran about it etc. But
now when I start the client up it joins the network and also starts up
a dialup connection. If i manually cancel it on the XP comp a short
time later it will start a dialup again, ad infinitum.

Is there setting in ZoneAlarm to stop this behaviour

I know it's ZoneAlarm thats causing it to happen, as I un-installed
ZoneAlarm and the problem stopped happening.


Chieftain

On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 10:44:43 +0100, Chieftain wrote:

> Hi All
> I have a 2 comptuer lan setup
>
> Main comp is XP Pro using ICS via dialup modem and I use the XP
> inbuilt firewall
>
> Second comp is Win2K pro connected to main via crossover cable
>
> The second comp is just for messing about with Win2k etc, there are
> no extra progs installed, only the OS. When I start the client up, it
> joins the network ok and I can browse/copy files etc. When I start IE
> up it'll initiate a dialup connection to the internet via the modem on
> the XP comp and it all works great. But it will only start the dialup
> after I initiate it, which is what I want.
>
>
> The Probelm
>
> I installed ZoneAlarm pro on the client to leran about it etc. But
> now when I start the client up it joins the network and also starts up
> a dialup connection. If i manually cancel it on the XP comp a short
> time later it will start a dialup again, ad infinitum.
>
> Is there setting in ZoneAlarm to stop this behaviour
>
> I know it's ZoneAlarm thats causing it to happen, as I un-installed
> ZoneAlarm and the problem stopped happening.
>
>
> Chieftain

Hi

ZA is probably trying to 'check for updates' - uncheck the option and your
problem should go away.

Regards

Bill

On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 06:35:21 +0100, Chieftain wrote:

> On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 11:40:16 GMT, phoenix <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>
>>
>>Hi
>>
>>ZA is probably trying to 'check for updates' - uncheck the option and your
>>problem should go away.
>>
>>Regards
>>
>>Bill
>
> Many Thanks for the thought Bill.
>
> I'll re-install ZoneAlarm and check it out.
>
> Clansman

My Pleasure, hope that's the 'fix'. :-)

Regards

Bill