Networking Question

[SanDiegoKid]

I slapped together a bunch of my spare computer parts to make a 2nd PC, and have a few shared folders between them.

I'm behind a router (which is also what connects the two PCs) and have the XP firewall enabled on both computers.

Is there a way to disable file and printer sharing with THE INTERNET, but not between the two computers?

I'm not much of a networking wiz, as I spend my days practicing kung fu and training for doomsday.

[Malakai1911]

Uh, the router will drop all unrequested connections from the internet to your home LAN.

So, no worries.

[cpugeniusmv]

the router should stop it unless you have one of the computers in the DMZ, or have explicitly forwarded the ports for MS File/Print sharing to one of the computers...

alternatively, you can use the SP2 firewall to only allow File/Print sharing to occur on the local subnet.

[SanDiegoKid]

Okay. Sweet. I don't DMZ my boxes, and those ports aren't forwarded.

Thanks, guys.