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Offline Vladimyr

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AIS "avast! Firewall NDIS Filter Driver" seems to block "Network Bridge" in XP
« on: April 26, 2010, 10:30:18 AM »
Tried yesterday to temporarily connect a 5th wired PC to my network via bridged NICs on an XP machine. (I have only a 4-port wireless router.) Something I have done many times before without avast! firewall. All packets to the 5th PC were blocked but remote control via video frame buffer interception (VNC) was possible. Connecting the PC directly to the router solved the problem.
Is this a glitch or a known circumstance when it is necessary to select Internet Connection Sharing mode?

 
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Re: AIS "avast! Firewall NDIS Filter Driver" seems to block "Network Bridge" in XP
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2010, 12:49:43 PM »
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Re: AIS "avast! Firewall NDIS Filter Driver" seems to block "Network Bridge" in XP
« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2010, 07:52:34 PM »
Hello Vlad.  I am using Win 2K Pro and have a similar issue as you.  When I recent installed avast! Internet 5.0 my connection gets severed.  The hardware 'appears' to want to work but somehow the ethernet hardware is disabled.  Magically, when I uncheck the 'avast! NDIS Filter Driver' section in my nic cards property window - the bits start sending and receiving!  I don't suggest you do this because what happens is that avast! Firewall becomes 'uninstalled' or no longer part of the program.
I need to find a more 'surgical' approach.  A person in GDR (Germany) told me that his (or her) Win 2K system works fine with avast! Internet 5.0 - so I must be doing something stupid.   

By the way - I am using Win XP on my other computer and avast! Internet 5.0 works like a champ - no issues.  But then again - my home network is much simpler than yours.

Cheers!
Don
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