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Currently, I am not having much luck.

I have my PC (Windows XP) and router set to work with STATIC IP addressing and I have set the directories on my PC to allow sharing.

If I turn my firewall completely OFF, then I can see the drives on my PC, but I cannot seem to open them past that level.

In the firewall setup, I cannot find where to add the AZBox as an "exception" to be able to keep the firewall ON and still see the drives and directories. Isn't there a place where I can add the IP address of the AZBox to my list of exceptions?

Kinda stuck at this point.

For my system I am using a Windows XP SP3 PC (an ACER Aspire 9500 laptop) and wirelessly connecting to a Linksys WRT54G router.

The router has been configured to have DHCP disabled and the AZBox and the PC are set to use a fixed STATIC IP address.

The firewall that I am turning on and off is the WINDOWS firewall resident in my PC. I am also using a AVG security system here on this PC.

I am able to connect to my AZBox from my PC just fine and I can FTP files in that direction, but I cannot "see" my PC from the AZBox side of the fence for some reason.

Fooling around with it, I set the individual drives on the PC to allow sharing and I turned the windows firewall OFF and that allowed me to see these individual drives, but I could not open them beyond that point.

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AcWxRadar said:

For my system I am using a Windows XP SP3 PC (an ACER Aspire 9500 laptop) and wirelessly connecting to a Linksys WRT54G router.

The router has been configured to have DHCP disabled and the AZBox and the PC are set to use a fixed STATIC IP address.

The firewall that I am turning on and off is the WINDOWS firewall resident in my PC. I am also using a AVG security system here on this PC.

I am able to connect to my AZBox from my PC just fine and I can FTP files in that direction, but I cannot "see" my PC from the AZBox side of the fence for some reason.

Fooling around with it, I set the individual drives on the PC to allow sharing and I turned the windows firewall OFF and that allowed me to see these individual drives, but I could not open them beyond that point.

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AcWxRadar said:

Hi Brex,

Thanks, I am using WEP 64 bit (OPEN).

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Ignore what I said then when I said

I wouldn't expect the router firewall to affect communication within your LAN though. My routers are pretty much just dealing with what goes on between my lan and the internet, not between my computers, except for specific routes I've set up between subnets.

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I didn't think about wireless access, I was just assuming you were hard wired to the Azbox. I hardwired my Azbox (only choice on Elite), although a couple of my computers do use wireless access.
My main router is a WRT54G2. I have the wireless security pretty much turned off, except that I'm using the MAC filter to only allow my own computers to access via wireless. Even that probably isn't necessary where I live, because I can't even see my own wireless system if I get more than 10' from the house (due to a metal roof), so someone would have to set up a dish or yagi antenna to even see my system from the end of my driveway, let alone from any other house. When I was running our town's computer, I had to set up a similar MAC filter, because over there, there were 3 or 4 houses close enough to connect to the wireless, and we had one house downloading movies in the middle of the night, putting us over the Hughesnet FAP limit.
But anyway, I guess this Azbox communication is easy for me, because I've pretty much disabled wireless security and computer security, and my only security is out to the internet. Anyway, hopefully Brex can help you out, as my security free system isn't the same, despite using the same router.
It's amazing how simple things are if you ignore security, but I guess that isn't an option for most.

AcWxRadar said:

Currently, I am not having much luck.

I have my PC (Windows XP) and router set to work with STATIC IP addressing and I have set the directories on my PC to allow sharing.

If I turn my firewall completely OFF, then I can see the drives on my PC, but I cannot seem to open them past that level.

In the firewall setup, I cannot find where to add the AZBox as an "exception" to be able to keep the firewall ON and still see the drives and directories. Isn't there a place where I can add the IP address of the AZBox to my list of exceptions?

Kinda stuck at this point.

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After working with my wifi WinXP laptop & wired desktop for awhile I was able to add the AzboMMP) to the network computers, but it just doesn't stay connected. Tried both dynamic & static addresses.

WinXP firewall exceptions are foundt>control panel>win firewall>exceptions tab. There are buttons for adding programs & ports, edit & delete. Also a 'What are the risks of...?' help link.

I had better success opening files from the Azbox with my Linux laptop, which makes me believe that Samba share is not enabled until a program is used like ACC in ToolBox. The tenet window in ACC or a Linux pc could be instrumental in setting up Samba on the Azbox for all users, but according to some things I've read in another forum the Azbox CPU & system could become so burdened by the added processes that performance & heat could be hindered.

I've got a few Linux reference books to read up on this subject(Running Linux, for instance) so I'm not beaten yet.

brex2001 said:

After working with my wifi WinXP laptop & wired desktop for awhile I was able to add the AzboMMP) to the network computers, but it just doesn't stay connected. Tried both dynamic & static addresses.

WinXP firewall exceptions are foundt>control panel>win firewall>exceptions tab. There are buttons for adding programs & ports, edit & delete. Also a 'What are the risks of...?' help link.

I had better success opening files from the Azbox with my Linux laptop, which makes me believe that Samba share is not enabled until a program is used like ACC in ToolBox. The tenet window in ACC or a Linux pc could be instrumental in setting up Samba on the Azbox for all users, but according to some things I've read in another forum the Azbox CPU & system could become so burdened by the added processes that performance & heat could be hindered.

I've got a few Linux reference books to read up on this subject(Running Linux, for instance) so I'm not beaten yet.

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Brex,

I thank you for your input on this subject. Right now, this issue will have to take a rear burner status until I get my system reset to a safe mode. Also, I am not extremely concerned with this issue. I am experimenting with it not because I want to utilize it, but because I want to know how to use it, apply it and consult others about it. I wish to be knowledgeable about all the options and applications so that I can help instruct others. If I cannot get something to work right, I cannot inform others of anything with accuracy or authority.

I will have to take a back seat and a departure from the whole process until I get all my PC's back up to par. Otherwise, I cannot trust the responses and operation of any of the programs that I am working with.

I have been set back quite a ways by a malware/spyware/virus problem. I cannot do too much until I fully recover from this event.

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I can very well understand your situation. I may have to quarantine Toolbox on my own pc,. but did manage to rid it of Trojan bugs with a registry cleaner & an additional Trojan cleaner with my AV suite.
Take care & best of luck with your recovery.

We have 3 azbox at our house and this was setup from local company called www.dishinstallpro.com they didn't charge us much to setup but I am not sure if they would be the same location as you.

I hope this helps.