Win 7 x64, ess 4.71.2 HomeGroup not working!

Hi all, the topic says it all... I'm trying to get the homegroup in windows 7 working with ess, the about says that I have Personal firewall module: 1068 (20110727) installed. Is this the recommended version And I have read this forum and taken the following actions: turned off "tcp and utp scanning attack detection", and also turned off "block unsafe addresses after attack detection"

Plus that I have of course enabled the Windows 7 HomeGroup support.

Now, the only way to be able to see other computers in my HomeGroup is to select "Do not filter network traffic (Disable firewall)". But I can then enable the firewall again, and the other computers will still be visible for some time (about 15 minutes), but then they are gone again! I am using a Linksys E4200 Router, with my main computer wired to it, and my 3 laptops + my other peripherals (a Samsung TV, bluray player, and android phone) connected wireless...

How do I go forward with my problem??


Is this a bug in ess 4.x that is fixed in the ess 5 RC

Should I try installing ess 5 RC??

Is this problem fixable??

Thanks in advance for any help You may have, I'm willing to try 'em all out...


Oooh, btw, my 2 computers running ess 4 is visible from the other 2 computers. running Microsoft Security Essentials and Windows 7's built-in firewall! it's just from the 2 computers running ess 4, that has a problem seeing any other computers! When i run the HomeGroup troubleshooter, it comes to the conclusion that I have ess 4 installed, and that it is blocking the HomeGroup from functioning properly...

 

The default settings disable your networking, but are generally very good otherwise. Same issue was had here on my Win7 with ESS 4.

You need to enable UPNP. Check you have it set to allow file and printer sharing in the trusted zone. (available in the advanced setup section) Then, run the firewall in the interactive mode and permanently allow the network permissions in the alerts. Once that's running, change the firewall to run in automatic mode (if that's what you want) 'with exceptions'.

The new 5RC is running perfectly well on my setup - but had to make the same adjustments to get the network communication going between my pc and laptop and tv.

 

Hello Ecsjjgg

Bye the way have you seen this link: http://kb.eset.com/esetkb/index?pag...earch&viewlocale=en_US&searchid=1314091388873 hope it will help you

Best Regards and take care

NoobStick

 

Go to Setup -> Network -> Configure rules and zones -> Zones tab.

Zone Name: Addresses excluded from active protection (IDS)
Add your subnet or the LAN addresses needed + make sure they're also listed in the Trusted zone.

 

And IvanFraser, how do I select "interactive mode"? That whole section is completely grayed out in my ESS! I can't seem to select that mode...

 

Do you have HomeGroup support enabled in the IDS section?

 

Yes Marcos, of course I have HomeGroup support enabled, check my first post...

 

If it's greyed out, I'm not sure, but that maybe some glitch in your installation - so perhaps a reinstall?

You should be able to get to the network settings in the menu via setup - network - advanced personal firewall setup. in there you should have a drop down menu under 'filtering mode'.

The kb article linked in the post above from Noobstick should be all you need. Unless there's something up with your install - in which case a fresh install may be in order.

Best of luck

Ivan

 

Oops, it's not grayed out, it was the "learning mode" that was grayed out, but now I found where to enable it...

I have now installed ess 5 rc1, and my HomeGroup seems to work now, thank you all for your tips...