evosix

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Hi,

I am having difficulties networking my laptop and Pc.

I have cable broadband for the pc, which I want to share on the laptop, as well as be able to share files and play lan games.

I have two network cards in the pc, 1 which is used for the broadband.

The 2nd one is for my laptop with connects to it, via a crossover cable.

I can share files and even play lan games with the firewalls turned off. However soon as I turn them on (either one) the connectiong is blocked. I am 99% certain its the firewall. I use nortons 2004 on the pc, and Nortons 2003 on the laptop, and was wondering if anyone new what exactly I have to change to fix this problem.

I am running win2k on pc and xp pro on laptop.

I can post any additional information, and would really appreciate any help.

Thank you:)
 

rook

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With nortons you have to list your home network as a trusted network on both systems. Typically 192.168.1.0., or what ever network number you have your laptop and NIC it's hooked into set at.

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