I have a computer connected directly to a wireless router running Windows 98 SE. I also have a laptop running Windows XP home with a wireless network card. I tried setting up the network using the XP setup wizard. I think I did everything correctly, but the computer running Windows 98 has Norton Personal Firewall on it and keeps blocking access with a trojan security alert. Does anyone know how I can allow access while mainaining the rest of the firewall advantages?
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I installed ZoneAlarm on both computers and allowed each computers IP addresses to be connected to each other. I can connect to my laptop from the 98 machine, but from the laptop I get the same error message as above except the last line says "The semaphore timeout period has expired."
On the 98 machine I also have the icon that says "Internet Gateway - Unconfigured".
I installed ZoneAlarm on both computers and allowed each computers IP addresses to be connected to each other. I can connect to my laptop from the 98 machine, but from the laptop I get the same error message as above except the last line says "The semaphore timeout period has expired."
On the 98 machine I also have the icon that says "Internet Gateway - Unconfigured".
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turn off xp firewall on laptop?
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Double-check and make sure that both PC's are members of the "Trusted" Zone's that will allow a bi-directional traffic flow from the computers.
Also, triple check that the Windows Firewall is off, it is turned on by default now so that can also be a factor.
Also, triple check that the Windows Firewall is off, it is turned on by default now so that can also be a factor.
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