windows firewall grrrrrrrr

[gary531]

This is a follow on from my message below.......
I was chuffed to bits when as below I managed to get the two ethernet cards installed properly.Then I manage to surf the web on my client pc,when I restart it I lose the server! messing about for too many precious minutes(family man,wife on the war path) trying this and that,the client is telling me it's connected but I can't reach the server arghhhh!
I had a look on my Sygate firewall (Host pc) and couldn't find anything that looked like my client path,so I decided to disable the windows firewall......hurray.
Now the client connects immediatley,hassle over ,networking here I come.
Think I read somewhere that only the Host pc needs a firewall,lets hope so.
Gary531 :)

[bassman]

This is basicly correct Gary. If the client is sharing a connection from a host, and the host is protected by a firewall, everything below it is protected, in theory. I would recommend you download and install one of the free firewalls regularly recommended here. ZoneAlarm (http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/catalog/products/sku_list_za.jsp?lid=dbtopnav_za) is what I use and has been highly recommended here for years. They have a pay version and a free version. The free version is enough for any home user ;) I would install this on both machines and be sure to check zone settings so that each machine allows the other.

Good luck

[gary531]

Thanks for the info Bassman,the Sygate firewall already protecting this the host pc has done it's job without complaint for as long back as I can remember so I will give the zonelabs a miss,thanks anyway.
Gary531