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Fri 04/06/04 at 15:11
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Im running ZoneAlarm Pro on my main PC and standard on my laptop. It was working fine till I downloaded the latest version and installed it.

Before I just set Internet Protection to Highest, so it was in stealth mode and used the advanced options to set my PC as an ICS/Nat Gateway with the IP of my Wireless Adapter.

I tried to do the same in this latest version and the internet now doesn't work on the laptop. See all the advanced settings below:

http://www.djdd.co.uk/advanced.GIF


Those are the same settings I believe as they used to be, but the laptop just sits there saying "detecting proxy settings" in the bottom left, then gives an error page.

Is there something i've selected wrong or someit?

Ok, just repeating myself, but to some it up: I installed the latest version of Pro, didnt change anything and the internet on the wireless laptop no longer works. I've set options as they used to be, with internet on highest (altho ive tried medium and low as well, and trusted zone on off and medium), but the laptop gets no internet, only my main PC, as its the gateway.

Just to re-iterate, my network is an adhoc network, which you can find out about on google.com.

The internet works on the laptop IF the firewall on my PC is closed down completely, ie right click close, which shows this problem is this blasted FW!!!

ANY Help is appreciated, thanks in advance!
Operating System: Windows XP Pro
Product Name: ZoneAlarm Pro
Fri 04/06/04 at 15:11
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"Nobody Home"
Posts: 253
Im running ZoneAlarm Pro on my main PC and standard on my laptop. It was working fine till I downloaded the latest version and installed it.

Before I just set Internet Protection to Highest, so it was in stealth mode and used the advanced options to set my PC as an ICS/Nat Gateway with the IP of my Wireless Adapter.

I tried to do the same in this latest version and the internet now doesn't work on the laptop. See all the advanced settings below:

http://www.djdd.co.uk/advanced.GIF


Those are the same settings I believe as they used to be, but the laptop just sits there saying "detecting proxy settings" in the bottom left, then gives an error page.

Is there something i've selected wrong or someit?

Ok, just repeating myself, but to some it up: I installed the latest version of Pro, didnt change anything and the internet on the wireless laptop no longer works. I've set options as they used to be, with internet on highest (altho ive tried medium and low as well, and trusted zone on off and medium), but the laptop gets no internet, only my main PC, as its the gateway.

Just to re-iterate, my network is an adhoc network, which you can find out about on google.com.

The internet works on the laptop IF the firewall on my PC is closed down completely, ie right click close, which shows this problem is this blasted FW!!!

ANY Help is appreciated, thanks in advance!
Operating System: Windows XP Pro
Product Name: ZoneAlarm Pro
Fri 04/06/04 at 17:53
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heeeeeeeeeelp. plz.
Fri 04/06/04 at 18:33
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First of all try diableing zonealarm for a sec and then see if that works, if not then look in the network settings on your lappie and see if there is a gateway setup, i have had a similar problem but with Norton firewall and all i did was set up the netwrok settings on my lappie again and all worked fine.

Colin
Fri 04/06/04 at 21:35
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Yes, the laptop does work with my Zonealarm on my PC closed, like I stated, but thanks anyway.

The settings on the laptop I have tried in infinite patterns, but no joy. I just upgraded the lappy to ZoneAlarm Pro to see if that would work, but again, no joy.
Fri 04/06/04 at 21:38
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AMD_MAN wrote:

> see if there is a gateway setup,

Yeah, there is, and I set it to "yes this thingy connects through an ICS/NAT Gateway" and no change.
Mon 07/06/04 at 08:20
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random msg.
Mon 07/06/04 at 14:34
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danieldone wrote:
> Im running ZoneAlarm Pro

I think we've found the problem. While I'm a fan of running Zonealarm on standalone PCs, its NAT support is, well, totally broken. I never got it to work on a machine acting as another machines gateway. If you did, then that's great, but now it doesn't work and I'll hazard a guess it's just Zonealarm having cancer. If you're sure the settings are correct, and I'm guessing you are since you got it to work before and seem to know what's going on, you could try contacting zonelabs, or seeing if there's a support forum there. In the meantime you could try going back to your old version.
Tue 08/06/04 at 08:30
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yeah, but going back a version involves so much effort :( Have you seen the correct uninstallation procedure! Its like an hours work.
Tue 08/06/04 at 08:32
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are you there?
Tue 08/06/04 at 08:33
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danieldone tell me about yourself

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