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1
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Click Start, and then click
My Network Places.
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2
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Under Network Tasks, click
View Network Connections. (Or, right-click My Network Places
on the desktop, and then click Properties.)
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3
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Right-click the connection that you use
for the Internet, and then click Properties.
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4
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Click the Advanced tab, and then
click Settings.
Note If the Settings button is unavailable, ICF is not
enabled on this connection, and you do not have to open any ports
(because they are all already open).
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5
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Click Add to open a new port.
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6
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In the Description
box, type a friendly name. For example, type
File Sharing : Port
445.
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7
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In the
Name or IP address
of the computer hosting this service on your network
box, type
127.0.0.1.
Note You can specify the IP address of an internal computer.
But you typically will use 127.0.0.1.
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8
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In the
External port
and
Internal port
boxes, type the port number. Generally, this number is the same.
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9
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Click either TCP or UDP,
and then click OK.
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10
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Repeat steps 1 through 9 for each port
that you want to open.
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