Netguard Firewall kills workgroups ??

Jenkin Close · 14-12-2006, 13:30

Turning Netguard Firewall on stops PCs in my home workgroup being accesed - I "don't have the permission to access ..."
If I turn Netguard Firewall off but leave Windows Firewall on all is OK.
Can anyone tell me how to configure Netguard Firewall to allow access within a workgroup?

Graham M · 14-12-2006, 13:33

I've personally not used netguard (because it's crap - sorry) but you will have to add a Firewall rule (if it's at all possible) to let traffic through on your home network for instance add an "Allow All" rule from your IP arrange which of course I don't know but it COULD be 192.168.1.1-192.168.1.254

Aragorn · 14-12-2006, 13:56

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Originally Posted by Jenkin Close

Turning Netguard Firewall on stops PCs in my home workgroup being accesed - I "don't have the permission to access ..."
If I turn Netguard Firewall off but leave Windows Firewall on all is OK.
Can anyone tell me how to configure Netguard Firewall to allow access within a workgroup?

If you've got a local network, you already have a router with at least a NAT firewall. It should be good enough to stick with XP SP2's own firewall.
If you really want another firewall, search this forum for 'free firewall recommendations' - iirc Comodo's firewall comes well recommended.

BTW,

to CF - hope you stick around.