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Firewall port on Windows 7

Hello,

I'm trying to browse to a new Windows 7 machine in another building that is on a different subnet. If I turn the windows firewall off on that machine, I can browse just fine, but when I turn it back on, I cannot browse to it.

I'm not sure what exact firewall rule I have to modify in order to be able to browse to the machine, thus any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Haresh Nikumbh

check if file and print sharing is checked in firewall exception list

How to Add or Remove a Windows Firewall Exception in Windows 7

soadmin

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Hello, it is for both private and public

Haresh Nikumbh

I will recommend do it for both, there is no harm as such

soadmin

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Sorry, I misspoke earlier...I have enabled it for both and still cannot browse to the machine

Haresh Nikumbh

what error message you get when accessing machine using UNC path

\\Machine_name\C$

\\IP_Address\C$

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Hello,

I figured this out by changing the active firewall rules to any IP address one at a time and this Firewall setting to be the culprit:

File and Printer Sharing (SMB-In).

Once I changed it to any address, I was able to browse to the machine. I turned off the any address setting and put in the local subnet and remote subnet and was able to browse.

Thanks,