Bart
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is it possible to isolate 1 PC on a small network (5 PC's or so).
I want this PC to be able to browse the internet via the ADSL router but not see any of the other PCs on the network.
each pc is on WinXP
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Andrew
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Think so but never done it 
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Bart
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forgot to mention the DSL Router is running DCHP so there are not static IP Addresses.
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Richie
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try placing the one machine on a different workgroup name eg other 4 on MSHOME and one on WORK. Or do you want them to not be able to even ping each other?
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Bart
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quote:
Originally posted by Richie
try placing the one machine on a different workgroup name eg other 4 on MSHOME and one on WORK. Or do you want them to not be able to even ping each other?
ideally, i dont want them to see eachother in the workgroups
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Richie
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then surely if you do as i said, just assign the one machine to a non existant workgroup and that should work
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Bart
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quote:
Originally posted by Richie
then surely if you do as i said, just assign the one machine to a non existant workgroup and that should work
but when you enter "my network" you can view each work group and therefore each PC within the work group?
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Richie
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On the machine in question, if you right click my computer, go to proporties, click the computer name tab, and then click the change button.
Where it says workgroup just type anything, and click ok. It should welcome you to that workgroup.
Now usually when you go into my network places and click what you usually do to see workgroup machines, you should just get errors.
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Tim
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Setup IP Security policies on the machine in question so it can't talk to the any IP except the router...
Administrative Tools > IP Security Policies
Alternatively, put them on different subnets, but this is only good if your router is good enough to have multihomed IPs and allow you to manually specify firewall rules to stop them talking to each other....
I'd personally just use the IP policies....
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Bart
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where is the admin tools found tim?
in control panel?
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willay
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Tim he doesnt want this machine "seeing" other machines on the network.
I say disable netbios 
Though if they learn about IP addressing your fucked  
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Bart
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naa, it dont need to be that deep.
what will disabling netbios do?
i dont even have netbious installed on my own pc at work?
purely TCP/IP
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Richie
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disabling netbios disables windows networking im sure.
I forgot about group policys ect
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Richie
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Control Panel - Administrative Tools > Local security Policy, then you will see IP security Policies on the left
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willay
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quote:
Originally posted by Bart
naa, it dont need to be that deep.
what will disabling netbios do?
i dont even have netbious installed on my own pc at work?
purely TCP/IP
you wont be able to use windows networking, workgroups, etc.
normally its enabled on the settings for the network connection, down as "Client for Microsoft networks" and "file and print" stuff if you want to really piss them off.
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willay
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or do the polices, alot cleaner i think.
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Richie
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policies will be less problematic
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