I have a wired LAN connection question...?

Question

I have a LAN network set up through a hub. Theres the ethernet going into the hub and then the 2 computers. Well the Gateway with XP I have hooked upto the hub seems to be working fine, but on my Dell with Vista keeps giving me a "Cannot communicate with DNS server(my I.P.) message. Well I havent been able to find a solution to that yet... but when I go to my "shared" folders and double click one it says a remote firewall may be blocking it and it tells me that the info is: SymNetDrv Firewall Filter INBOUND_TRANSPORT_V4, which the Sym makes me think it might be my Nortons Internet Security. I'm about to go look through that and poke and prod, but does anyone have any idea on how to solve either of these dilemmas? Thanks alot.

Answer 1

You need to configure Nortons firewall to allow sharing. You need to basically tell it the network you are on and allow the traffic to pass through. It fairly self explanatory when you go into the firewall settings.

Answer 2

zero out the hard drive and install XP Professional, Windows Vista is a POS

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