Allow all file and printer sharing on a LAN
Note: If you have already allowed all traffic between computers on a LAN
(Local Area Network), you do not need to allow file and printer sharing as
well.
To allow all file and printer sharing on a LAN:
-
On the
Home page, under
Firewall, click
Configure firewall.
For information about the Home page, see About the Home page.
- Under Configurations, click Configure next to the location that you want to configure.
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On the
LAN tab, do one of the following:
- Click Detect LAN to detect the LAN that your computer is on and add it to the list of network addresses.
- Click
Add. In the
Select address dialog box, select the
Address format, type the domain name or IP
address, and then click
Add.
Note: If you select Local network (detected automatically), you do not need to type anything. This option is not currently available in Windows 8. For information about local network detection, see About local network detection.
- Click OK to close the Select Address dialog box.
- In the LAN settings list, select the NetBIOS check box for a LAN to allow file and printer sharing on it.
For information on how to block or allow file and printer sharing on
other LANs than those in the
LAN settings list, see the following topics:
For information on how to allow all traffic on a LAN, see Allow all traffic on a LAN.