How do I get the Firewall icon back on my taskbar?

freedom7000 · #1 (**permalink**) February 29th, 2008

Hey Forum! First-time-poster, long-time-user here. Looks like I may have the opposite Firewall problem than most people are having.

Until recently, I was able to fully connect & share on the LW system WITH the Firewall icon appearing in front of the Globe icon in the bottom taskbar. I liked it this way since it didn't seem to affect performance & it was [hopefully] more secure.

This past week, however, as soon as I'm fully connected, the Firewall icon goes away. How do I get back to where I was before, with full connectivity & protection?

Here are my system details:

1. Windows XP [Fully updated as of 2/29/08]
2. Norton Internet Security 2005 [Fully updated 2/29/08]
3. 448 MB RAM
4. 127 GB HD space available
5. Cable Connection [Up to 8 Mbps]
6. Generic Modem supplied by ISP [Model #60678EU]
7. Apartment Complex
8. LW 4.16.6 Pro
9. Mediacom
10. 'Your Test Worked!'
11. No other computers or P2P programs
12. New problem with experienced user
13. NO Brickwall once TurboCharge-connected
14. UPnP enabled
15. See #2 [Norton is over-riding Windows SP2 Security]
16. US

Thanks!!!

birdy · #2 (**permalink**) February 29th, 2008

The LW firewall icon isn't showing whether your firewall is on or not...it's showing that LW's detected a firewall that hasn't been configured to allow LW.
It's not any indication of whether your computer is protected or not

If you were seeing the firewall icon before, chances are that not so many people could download from you. Have you seen more uploads since the brick wall disappeared?

My firewall's always on but I don't see the firewall icon because I've configured my firewalls (software & router) to allow LW.

If you're concerned about protection while using p2p, have a look at PeerGuardian2...it's a free IP filter, to give you a bit of extra security

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