| Basic Computer Security Tips: How To Setup Bearshare Firewall Settings (6/8) | |||
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| How To Setup Bearshare Firewall Settings |
SyGate Personal Firewall 1. Right-click the SyGate icon in your system tray. Click Applications on the menu  2. Right-click BearShare in the list of applications. Click Allow on the menu  3. SyGate will now allow BearShare full incoming and outgoing activity. Whenever you upgrade BearShare, an alert will pop up as shown in the following screenshot:  Simply click Yes to resume normal operation of BearShare. Test your settings In BearShare, go to the Hosts view, right-click on the screen, and choose Redetect Firewall Status from the menu that appears. If you do not see the Hosts view, make it visible by going to View > Enable Views, and click Hosts in the list. Give BearShare a minute or so to check, then look at the 4th LED (on the right). If it is green, then you are good to go. If it is yellow, you are still firewalled. Double-check your settings and try again. Attention SyGate PRO users! = This applies only to SyGate Pro =  In Options > Security, be sure to have stealth mode browsing disabled. If you enable it, packet headers will be stripped, and BearShare will think the packets come from an invalid client, which will severely affect performance. |
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