Today's firewalls could do that on default settings. Why not allow this traffic? Oh, you looked and the McAfee does not seem easy to use or set it up. Why not leave it disabled? I mean this firewall is on top of your router's own firewall.
Bob
If this is in the wrong forum, I apologize.
I am having a problem with my laptop recognizing my Network Attached Storage (NAS) disks.
Specifically, I have a home network with two Windows XP SP3 desktops, a Windows 7 SP1 laptop, a Buffalo LinkStation NAS, a switch, router, cable modem and two printers. The XP desktops use Norton Internet Security. The laptop use McAfee
My two desktops can see the NAS without any problems. My laptop can access the printers and the internet but does not recognize the NAS.
After some investigation, I found that the McAfee firewall is the problem.
If I disable the firewall in McAfee, I can access my NAS. If the McAfee firewall is enabled, I cannot.
I looked at the McAfee manual and McAfee Security Center and was unable to determine how to setup McAfee to treat the NAS as a trusted device and allow full access.
Does anyone know how I can do this?
My NAS is setup for a hostname of NWSTORAGE1 (198.168.3.177).
Thanks for any help.

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