hi all,

i'm testing some of my applications w/c runs on MSDE on the new Windows XP Service Pack2, which actually entails newer & more secure firewall settings.

my application run on both the server & workstations only w/ the firewall switched off.
but the problem comes w/n i have the firewall settings switched on. the applications runs on the server but the workstation applications cannot.

how do i configure my workstations to be in the exception list on the firewall so they can access the server?

i'll already added the workstation's IP address & subnet but still i can't get it connect.

how do i configure my network to use TCP/IP protocol w/ a static port so i can add the workstations to the firewall's exceptions list?


is there any way that i have my applications get past the SP 2 firewall settings programmatically, if i were to develop an application?
thanks.

herbert