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How to configure Norton 360's Firewall Rules to allow Printer sharing on a wireless network.

Asked by: Heuman

- How do I properly configure Norton 360's firewall rules to let everyone on my home wireless network print to a locally attached printer to PC (1) please see below.
 - The hardware is a D-Link DIR-625 Router and the following computers listed below.  I can find the printer drivers for the HP OfficeJet 600 that is attached to PC (1); I've enabled printer sharing on PC (1). I'm just having a hard time with Norton 360 letting the other computers on my network access it.
I would like to be able to print to Desktop (1) along with computers 2,3,4 listed below by sharing the printer through windows.

1) Desktop: Hard-wired to the router with printer sharing enabled - Norton 360 is installed on this PC.
OS: XP Home

2) Desktop: Wireless NIC
OS: XP Pro - Software Firewall - ZoneAlarm Internet Security

3) Desktop - Wireless NIC
OS: Vista Home Basic - Firewall - N/A at the moment

4) Laptop - Wireless NIC
OS -  XP Media Center Edition - Software Firewall ZoneAlarm Internet Security

Thanks in advance,

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2007-10-02 at 16:41:58ID22868018
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norton

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360

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firewall

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sharing

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printer

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Consumer Firewalls

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Answers

 

by: chilternPCPosted on 2007-10-02 at 16:50:12ID: 20003096

run the home network wizard on all machines  (control panel)
make sure they are all in the sameworkgroup.

re-boot ll PC/laptops

open norton 360 goto firewall configuration and on theright hand side - click on trust network choose the network to trust.
reboot.

the main thing with norton is rebooting the PC after changin the firewall  otherwise it doesn't really change,  

 

by: HeumanPosted on 2007-10-16 at 15:01:00ID: 20089422

Appreciate your advice, but it was a little more complicated than just that.  Norton 360 just needed to be set up on a trusted zone setting.  Making sure that all computers are on the same workgroup and opening up ZoneAlarm on the computers that are running at.  With this particular firewall you have to add the computer via the IP address to allow them to see each other on the network.  So doing an IP config on each computer to establish their IP addresses was another thing I need to do.  Overall my wireless network is setup with file sharing and printer sharing (which is really well is trying to do).  

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