Blocking IP access in Win2k

[spoogenet]

I don't think there's a way to do this, but I'll ask anyways....here goes.

What I would like to do is to block all access from one specific computer on my LAN. The reason I would like to do this is because about 10 times a day this computer tries to access my computer about 4-5 times, and of course fails. It is filling up my event log rather quickly with bogus failed logon attempts, thus making it rather difficult and time consuming to filter through and find out if there have been any real failed logon attempts.

It's a Win95 machine, and I have no clue why it keeps doing this. The LAN has a number of systems and a variety of OSes, but it is only this one machine that keeps hitting mine up for something. Nobody else on the network hits it with any regularity....

I would assume that I would need a firewall to do such blocking. If this is the case, what would be a good one?

Thanks for any helpful info.

b

[Colin Morey]

you might want to scan it for virii, that's about the only reason I know of, (bar stuff like winamp) that keeps trying to access a share, (winMe will do it, but as you've said win95).
There's a couple of virii that propagate via shares, any up-to date scanner should find up,
http://www.symantec.com has theirs available for 30day trial.

[spoogenet]

That could be the problem....a virus is something I hadn't thought about.

However, I guess I didn't clarify my situation enough. This is a dorm environment with a pile of systems belonging to various people. There is no domain and no domain controller, equally I have no control or authority over the network. I could probably acquire a script that would tell me who the individual is who owns the system and ask them what's up, or recommend they scan for a virus. I do not know the person, though, nor do I know where the machine is physically located (other than in the building....)

So I'm mainly looking for a solution on my end, if one exists.

Thanks, though.

b

[This message has been edited by spoogenet (edited 02 March 2001).]

[This message has been edited by spoogenet (edited 02 March 2001).]