cannot open shared folder

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https://forums.comodo.com/help_for_v3/i_have_blocked_myself_form_connecting_to_network_pc_resolved-t21127.0.html

I did as above but I am still not able to open my public/shared folder. this is a vista the other is an xp. I can open it on vista but not XP. The firewall event logs have loads of blocked TCP connections from 192.168.1.3. Where do i allow it?

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hellooo (:WAV)
have you tried making an allow global rule for it?

i have this additional global rule on
CIS/Firewall/advanced/network security policy/global rules ==> add

allow IP in/out
source address :ip range [192.168.0.1 - 192.168.0.255]
destination adress : ip range[192.168.0.1-192.168.0.255]
source port: any
dest port: any
(:WAV)

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Hi Sgt.ganda

Thanks I get confused with all the rules. I have done as you suggest but did not see reference to ports. I still cannot acces the public folder from the xp machine

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I have opened it now. I think the shortcut may have been corrupt. I am still puzzled about the firewall role if any. I can now connect with the other pc but not on port 80?. Thanks Sgt.ganda and everyone else who looked

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Hello David,

Basically there are two approaches to this, you define a zone that contains your local network say:
192.168.1.0 / 255.255.255.0
And you allow All traffic In/Out From/To that network, that will make your system visible to everybody on your local network.

Or you have to specify to allow host a to access host b and vice verse, you can even restrict this to a specific port.
Windows XP/Vista should have enough for filesharing if you allow TCP 445 incoming.

So on host a you TCP allow the ip source from host b with a destination port 445.
on host b you TCP allow the ip source from host a with a destination port 445.

If you do this you have to make sure your pc’s will get the same ip address everytime they startup.

Hope this helps a bit.