Kerry's dashboard

Thanks so much for the 127.0.0.1 and blank password work around. I had no idea about that. Where is this documented?

Can you explain why, when I use remote desktop on my machine that the shield shows, but on my Dad's machine it does not show? What is different?

My Dad's machine, which does not show the shield on remote, has the following versions:

System service: 4.6.1861.0
User interface: 4.6.1861.0
Translations: 4.3.100
Rules: 4.3.225.0
Driver: 4.6.1860
SFE API: 4.6.1861
HIPS driver: N/A
Simple Mode

My computer (that does show the shield on remote) has the following versions:

System service: 4.6.1861.0
User interface: 4.6.1861.0
Translations: 4.3.100
Rules: 4.3.0.0
Driver: 4.6.1860
SFE API: 4.6.1861
HIPS driver: N/A
Simple Mode

So I have two questions:
1. Why are the Rules different? I checked for updates and it said both were up-to-date.
2. Is this rule difference the reason the remote shield does not show?

How do I make both machines have the same rules, and which rules are best?

Thanks,

Kerry

I was finally able to get Hamachi Ping to work today. I had to use WebEx, instead of Hamachi, to be able to set up remote administration of the Firewall. What worked was to tell the Trusted Area to use "Any" adapter instead of the Hamachi Adapter for the Hamachi IP addresses.

Using Firewall remote administration running at the same time as the ping, I kept trying different settings until Ping stopped timing out and started replying.

What I do not understand is that if I use remote desktop from another machine to my home machine, I see can see the sunbelt shield in the system tray and I can control the firewall using this. But, when I remote to my Father's machine, the system tray on his machine does not show the shield. So, I use the Firewall Configuration menu on his machine and it prompts for the host and password for remote administration.

Also, on my machine, The firewall has Hamachi.exe in the list of Applications. But on my father's machine Hamachi is NOT listed and there is no Add button. I was able to finally switch his firewall to advanced mode and I was prompted to grant permission to Hamachi\NicMgr.exe. I don't have NicMgr.exe in my machines list of Firewall applicatons. Since I am running the same version of Hamachi and Sunbelt Firewall and VIPRE on both machines, I don't understand how they are so different.

Is there something I need to configure to make these machines act alike?

Thanks,

Kerry

Yes Peter, I have been trying and the default firewall configuration, whatever that is, is not working. I am unable to ping My Father's computer with Hamachi unless I turn off the Sunbelt Firewall. Hence I need to know the directions I keep asking about.

Hope you can give me some specific directions.

Thanks again,

Kerry

Peter, Did you follow the link to the Hamachi directions for Norton 360 in my previous post? It gives the information about protocols and ports. But how these are entered in Sunbelt Firewall remain a mystery to me. Can you interpret what they are saying and translate those instructions into equivalent instructions for Sunbelt's firewall?

Why isn't here an "add" button to add an Application on the "Applications" tab of the Network security tab?

Kerry

Peter, I appreciate your response, but it is still too general. What is the protocol I need? What ports and IP addresses or Ranges or whatever do I need?

As I have said, I need specific step-by-step instructions.

I looked at the step by step instructions for Norton 360 (see the following web site) and I need this kind of instruction for Sunbelt Personal Firewall. Other firewalls are on that site, but not Sunbelt's.

http://logmeinwiki.com/wiki/Hamachi:N...

Thanks,

Kerry

Jacob,

I appreciate your information about turning on and off the Simple and Advanced modes. However, I asked for specific directions for an important reason and I still need the question answered.

You see, my Father is 89 years old and he got a new computer and I installed VIPRE and Sunbelt Personal Firewall on it. To support him, I need to get Hamachi to work, and right now it is being blocked by the firewall. He will not expect or know what to do with firewall alerts, so I need to know the manual setup of the firewall for Hamachi. I will then perform the configuration for him.

So, Please, can you tell me step by step how to configure specifically Hamachi?

Thanks again,

Kerry