Look'n'Stop blocks all after some time

[phagenauw]

I'm trying Look'n'Stop but the strange thing that happens is that the firewall seems to work ok for the first hours of work (nothing wrong!). After a few hours (it differs) it droppes every connection and blocks eveything. Unloading (exit) the firewall and restarting it makes no diference. Only a clean boot will solve the problem and i can work with it for a few hours again. I'm running Windows XP SP2 on a Dell D820 Laptop. Look'n'Stop log shows mainly UDP: Any other UDP packet and TCP: Any other packet, even when the detail of the packet shows that it is actualy only http (outgoing traffic); which shouldn't be blocked i suppose. Any one any suggestions??

[Frederic]

Maybe your PC is starting to use local ports over 5000.

Standard rules allow the local port to be between 1024 and 5000. After being connected for a while, it may happen some ports beyond 5000 start to be used (especially when using P2P).

By looking at the log you will see if this is the problem or not.

Frederic

[phagenauw]

Sorry (been on holliday ... 8) I think you are right. I changed the rule to include higher ports and again i have connection and even if my PC is running for some time. ...And yes i'm using P2P programs... Thnx!