Do I need to run a firewall program on the my second computer that is on the same router?
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I would.......its better to be to safe then to have to take the time to completely restore your computer to get all of the viruses out of it
327750
Well, that is a firewall, I would suggest connecting it both to your router and your switch.  Preferably in between them.....
738138
If you're using Windows XP, then you can arguably get by with the firewall that's built in.  Info is available here: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/security/winfirewall.mspx\n\nDepending on your network configuration, your DSL Router can also offer some benefits (most hardware routers offer SPI filtering). \n\nIf you have an old computer lying around you can also have it function as a firewall with linux: http://www.coyotelinux.com/products.php?Product=coyote\n\nAgain, it all depends on what you have available and the specifics of your computer.
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easiest thing to do: get a router, For less than $50 you should be able to get a D-Link, Linksys or Netgear router that easily manages the network traffic between your machines. It will also allow you to share a broadband Internet connection (if you have one) and protect you via a firewall.\nJust get two standard network cables, connect each computer to the router, boot the computers, and they should recognize the new network automatically.
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control panel --->remove programs\n\nbut do you really want to stop your firewall? (if you've got a router this may be acting as a firewall. You could unplug the lead from the modem to the router and plug it staight into the pc- although you may have to reboot to use frostwire)
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First of all, you have to check to make sure that your other LAN cable is a straight cable. Otherwise you can swap LAN cables between this 2 PC to connect to the router.\n\nThen when you boot into Windows, go to Start > Run > Type cmd > Click OK. Do a "ipconfig" in DOS prompt and see if your 2nd PC gets an IP address from your router.  You can do likewise on your 1st PC to see what is the gateway of your router. Then verify the information on your 2nd PC. If the numbers are not right, you can type "ipconfig /renew" and let your 2nd PC get a new IP address from the router.
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As far as invating your computer. I would recommend you use a cable router. this will put a firewall between the main. Network and your computer. Not as far as seeing what your doing not much you can do there. if someone really wants to see what sights your going to any packet sniffer can do that. Other then that there is no other way.
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Yes, you need another router. It will the fastest and most efficient way to do this. There is software you could install that allows it to be done through one of the computers, but it is a nightmare and you would always have to have both machines on. With the prices of Internet Broadband routers these days, why even bother.\n\nI won't fill up this page with the "How-to", so please take a look here:\n\nhttp://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Content_C1&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1114037291160&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper
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No\n\nIf you want to connect multiple computers to a single network connection, buy a router.
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you don't need a router, \nsince both computers connect to the Internet through same gateway or hub\nFollow these steps in order to Network all of them.\non your laptop and desktop, or any other computer,\n-Right Click on My Computer,\n-Select Propreties\n-Select computer Name\n-Name your Laptop "My Laptop", name your Desktop "Desktop" and any other name for different computers.\n-Click on change\n-In the Workgroup space, give all your computers same WorkGroup Name(it is case sensitive). MSHOME is the default, change it to something different, but your computers must be in the same workgroup.\n-Click OK\n- a message "welcome to ******* workgroup" is shown.\n-please restart your computers at this point.\n-when your computers are on,\n-double click on My Network Places\n-on the left bar, click on "view work group computers" do this on both computers.\n-you will see the names of your laptop in the desktop and vice versa.\nyou can now share documents, files, and drives.\n\nASAP
851959
If you want to connect 2 computers, you'll need a router.\n\nIf it's a single computer, call Yahoo/SBC support for help.
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Both support TCP/IP which you are using now. Set up each computer with an address on the same subnet.
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I also have a linksys router, and a linksys adapter and I have a windows xp firewall, I would recommend that you disable the windows firewall. It does not monitor the outgoing programs..It is not very good..I disabled mine, you can do that, in the control panel..There should be a firewall, installed in your router..I have a firewall, on my linksys router..I also installed the zone alarm, firewall, just to make sure..You should not have two software firewalls installed on your computer. The one, with linksys, is a hardware firewall, so that is ok to use..You can get the zone alarm firewall, free, here..Good Luck.. http://www.zonealarm.com
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Turn the firewall offf. Your router acts as a firewall and will conflict with the router...
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the only way this can be done is with either WPA or WEP protection. depending what router you have, it may be able to do one, the other, or both. WEP is probably the easyest and most secure of the two. what WEP does is it requests a "key" from each wireless computer trying to connect to your network. to do this, go to the defult gateway for your router (usually 192.168.1.1) and go to the wireless security tab. from this select the WEP option. you will need to configure each wireless enabled computer you use though with the WEP key that the router generates, sometimes it will creat a disket that will automaticly configure your computer for the WEP key.
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Use a hardware firewall with NAT and all ports stealthed. Make sure UPnP is disabled, and only allow outgoing connections to trusted (non-proxy) sites.
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depending on how you are configured... the second account may have to go through the same setup you did!\n\nif it's just dhcp, it should be automatic,