Home networking problem

[The Rock]

I must call upon the MURC geniuses for aid. This is my home setup (bought some new toys recently):

Rig #1:
Dual P3-933 rig connected to cable modem
2 NICS (one for cable, one for rig #2)
ATI Radeon 64 VIVO
768megs ram / Abit VP6 mobo
80 gig RAID0 array on HPT370 controller
ZONE ALARM
Windows XP Pro

Rig #2:
Athlon XP 1800+
1 NIC connected to rig #1 at 100mbps thru crossover cable
ATI Radeon 8500
768megs DDR ram (cas2.5)
40gig boot drive / 17gig secondary
No firewall of any kind
Windows XP Pro

So, rig #1 has the cable modem, and I'm using Zone Alarm for a firewall. I managed to get Internet connection sharing working for about 5 minutes, but I messed that up somehow.

Problem: no matter how I configure it, ZA wants to interfere with local traffic. I like ZA, and would like to keep it for the internet protection. HOW can I set up simple file sharing here? No matter WHAT I do, I cannot see rig #2 from rig #1. I can ping it though. And I can't find any damned option in ZA for leaving local traffic alone. I set local traffc to minimum security. I added rig #2s IP to its list, but still can't see it. Is my only hope to give up using ZA?


Bart

[Guru]

You need ZoneAlarm Pro if you want it to work!

[orangejulius]

Does file sharing work if you turn off Zone Alarm?
Did you disable "simple file sharing"?
Are you using the right ICS settings?

Have a look at http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...p_filesharing/

[The Rock]

I FINALLY got everything working WITHOUT Zone Alarm. I sure as hell don't wanna BUY the pro thing just to make this work. Free is better.

Bart

[Kosh Naranek]

Here is a very good read about ICS : http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics

[The Rock]

Thanks for the info guys. Here's where I'm at now:

- without Zone Alarm, everything works perfectly
- if I install Zone Alarm, I can make the file sharing work, but ICS is dead.

No matter HOW I set up Z.A., it won't let ICS work. I have ZA installed on the cable server, and I added the IP and subnet of the client Athlon rig to ZA's local zone, but it STILL blocks Internet access at the server when I try to surf from the Athlon client. Rotten !@#$%&^&. I may just have to ditch ZA and use ICF, or maybe use no firewall at all. Arrrrgh!! The more I drink, the more frustrating this becomes.

Bart

[Sasq]

If you have an OLD pentium box lying around, put linux on it and get that to do the work

It was my solution here, after I turned off the Win 2k Server

Dan

[orangejulius]

> I cannot see rig #2 from rig #1 [which has ZA]
> "I added rig #2s IP to [ZA's] list, but still can't see it."

Where did you add rig #2's IP in ZA?
Make sure you're adding the IP in the "Other Computers" area.
(<a href="http://www.zonelabs.com/zonealarm/help/How_to_add_sites_to_the_Local_zone.htm">screenshot </a>)

[The Rock]

OJ:

Did that. I finally gave up on ZA and just used ICF instead. I'm not as protected now, but at least it works.


Sasq:

Thanks for the info, but as I said above, I went ICF instead.


Bart

[The PIT]

Zonealarm although nice and free once it's decided it's going to mess up it's a bugger to figure out.

[Technoid]

ZA will work as soon as you lower the Security (Paranoid) Levels to Medium for internet and low for local

Before I did that ZA killed Internet sharing for me to....

But there is no need to get the Pro.....

[The Rock]

Technoid:

If you set it that way, will it let ICS work? I had internet security set to high and local set to low and it still hosed me, so I uninstalled it.

Bart

[birdy]

According to the ZA website to use ICS you need to have your internet security at medium settings. When i used to use ICS i had to turn ZA down everytime the other pc booted up otherwise it couldnt acces the net.

[The Rock]

Hmmmm. Veeerrry interesting. Perhaps I don't have to give up ZA after all. Heck, I might just say "screw it" and buy a router after Xmas. No need for ZA then. Thanks for the info folks!

Bart

[The PIT]

Well my zonealarm worked fine with ics until I changed the network card. It asked if the new card could have access I said yes and everything stopped working including the home network. Nothing would make it change it's mind.