hello

my firewall was not runing... it just shutdown
i need a better solution for my two windows 98 se. wich is single user, with all updates and running the last version of "sygate personal firewall pro" (wich i think i have to change because it messes with mirc when i run a fileserver, and that is why my firewall shutedown i think.)

i was sharing with full access all the harddrives and all cd-roms.

what i have in network options is:

client for microsoft networks
f5d500 pci card network pci card...
micronet sp200r fast etheernet adapter
ipx/spx-compaticle protocol - f5d5000, pci...
tcp/ip - f5d5000, pci card network pci card...
tcp/ip micronet sp2500 fast ethernet adapter
file and printer sharing for microsoft networks

primary network login: wndows logon
access control: share-level access control



the other computer as the same but a difrent ethernet card to connect to the internet.
the f5d5000 in both computers connects the two computers, no hub. the other pci card connects to difrent cable modems.

the only thing that i want to be able to do is:
- share files and folders in both computers
- play lan games, also old ones wich need ipx
(thats why i installed "ipx/spx... protocol"

but i think this is not secure... i know that i can disable netbios (wich is used to share the files, i think) since i have two pci cards it would be good if i could disable netbios in the internet card, that would make the system secure, right? but microsoft windows does not allow me to disable, is it because of the bindings?

there are some guides that work with netbuie... but maybe that wont work for me, maybe that solution is for computers with only one nic.

can you give me the best solution please?
thank you

bye