How can I tell Sygate to let networked Laptop pass?

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Sygate 5.6 Build 2808My Network Neighborhood consists of a wireless Laptop and a wiredDesktop PC. The Desktop PC has Win98SE and Sygate Personal Firewall (SPF). Fromthe Desktop PC, I can browse the shared drives of the Laptop and copyfiles OK.The Laptop has WinXP Home Edition and the XP firewall. From theLaptop, I can only access the Desktop PC when the Desktop's SygatePersonal Firewall turned off! How can I tell SPF to allow thenetworked Laptop to pass? I know the Laptop's name (CPQ1556 ...) and remote host number(192.168. ...), but I don't know how to tell the SPF to let it pass.Help will be appreciated, Stan Hilliard

BrianF · Accepted Answer

In principle - double click on the firewall icon, go to Tools/Advanced Rules and set up a rule to allow communication with the ip address of the laptop. Work your way through all the tabs to ensure that you have covered all items. It is self-evident and very easy to set up.

BrianF

chris · Answer

"> I know the Laptop's name (CPQ1556 ...) and remote host numbermaybe Sygate-tools-options-network neighborhood --> and mark ( v ) bothentries.And are the disk(s) allowed to be shared?

John Gray · Answer

"BrianF"  wrote innews:44a0e7f3$0$5534$     Even better perhaps is to use the laptop's MAC address (which will/should not change) instead of the IP address (which may change if DHCP is used).I use the MAC of a free standing networked multifunction printer and have no access issues with it at all.

How can I tell Sygate to let networked Laptop pass?

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