Greetings-- If you include the IP (local, behind the firewall) addresses for your local network machines in Zone Alarm's access permissions area (or full access) on its configuration pages (sorry don't remember what it's called, not being at a machine where it is installed), save, then restart them, you should have them all able to see each other as well as be protected from intruders. That being said, I uninstalled ZA from my home network because, even with those inclusions, the firewall built in to XP seemed not to "want to get along". I could not see any of the machines on the network. The same happened when I turned off the XP firewall and let the Panda software firewall take over. Including the other addresses to allow access in the Panda configuration was not enough. The only thing that seems to work on my home network where my first XP machine acts as a gateway (2 NICs; all computers access the Internet through it), is to enable the XP firewall, set up the other computers with the netsetup disk, and 'run with it'. According to the "Shields up" web site, my network tests out as "Full Stealth". FWIW, Paul A. Shippert Library Media Specialist Margaret Brent Middle School ----------------------------------- and I'm hovering like a fly waiting for the windshield on the freeway." Genesis ----------------------------------- > > Because I have a firewall on each of my pc's on my network, when I'm > > troubleshooting, I turn them off or disable them, as that can block one > > computer from seeing another if the settings aren't right. Xp has a built > in > > firewall, but I'm not sure how that affects networking, if at all. > > > I had forgotten that the other pc had ZoneAlrm enabled on it. I turned it > off and everything immediately was perfect, including the ICS which I > thought I would have to tackle after I fixed the network problem. > But now, I need to know, can I run a firewall on each of the opc's that are > on the network? > I mean I want them to stay connected to each other, how do I run a firewall > on them because of the DSL ICS? > Thanks, > Dian > > PCBUILD's List Owners: > Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> > Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]> PCBUILD's List Owners: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>