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- + Readme for Sygate Personal Firewall 5.6.2808 +
- + Copyright (C) 2000-2004 Sygate Technologies +
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-
- Thank you for choosing Sygate Personal Firewall 5.6 for your security
- needs. This document contains useful information on the use of Sygate
- Personal Firewall. For detailed documentation on the installation and
- use of Sygate Personal Firewall 5.6, see the Sygate Personal Firewall
- 5.6 Users Guide.
-
- This file contains notes on fixes for issues associated with this version
- of Sygate Personal Firewall Version 5.6
-
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- | CONTENTS |
- | |
- | 1. System Requirements |
- | 2. Installation and Use |
- | 3. Troubleshooting |
- | 4. New Features |
- | 5. Fixes |
- | 6. Known Issues |
- | 7. Contact Information |
- | |
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- 1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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-
- MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
-
- - Pentium 133 or equivalent
- - 32 Mb RAM (128 for Windows 2000 Server)
- - 10 Mb free disk space
- - At least one network adapter or modem
- - TCP/IP protocol installed
- - Internet Explorer Version 5.0 or later
-
-
- OPERATING SYSTEMS (any one or a combination of those listed below)
-
- - Windows 95 (OSR2 & OSR2.5)
- - Windows 98, 98 Second Edition
- - Windows Millennium Edition (ME)
- - Windows NT 4.0 Workstation with SP6 or later
- - Windows NT 4.0 Server or Terminal Server with SP6 or later
- - Windows 2000 Professional
- - Windows 2000 Server, Advanced Server, Data Center
- - Windows XP Home Edition, Professional
- - Windows Server 2003 (32 bit version)
-
-
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- 2. INSTALLATION AND USE
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-
- Before installing Sygate Personal Firewall, it is recommended that
- you close all other applications that may be accessing your modem
- drivers or network.
-
-
- IMPORTANT: For ISDN via Ethernet, DSL, cable modem, you need to
- verify that these devices can connect to your computer through
- Ethernet. DirecPC users, please see the Section 5, entitled
- "Known Issues".
-
-
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- 3. TROUBLESHOOTING
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-
- ***********
- * DirecPC *
- ***********
-
- There is a timeout discrepancy between the DirecPC and the Sygate
- Personal Firewall services. Users who utilize DirecPC should do the
- following to insure smooth operation -
-
- 1. After installing Sygate Personal Firewall, open DirecPC.
-
- 2. When the Sygate Personal Firewall pop-up message asks if you wish
- to allow DirecPC access to your network, place a check in the
- "Remember my answer and don't ask me again for this application"
- check box and click "Yes".
-
- 3. Close DirecPC and open again.
-
-
- ************
- * Winpopup *
- ************
-
- In order receive messages, in Winpopup while Sygate Personal Firewall is
- running, you must enable "Allow others to share my files" from the Options
- menu.
-
-
- For additional troubleshooting information, FAQs, and online news
- group help, please see visit http://www.sygate.com/support.
-
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- 4. FEATURES
- ====================================
-
- Please refer to Sygate Personal Firewall 5.6 Users Guide
- for description of new features on version 5.6.
-
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- 5. KNOWN ISSUES
- ====================================
-
- The following are known issues with this version of Sygate Personal
- Firewall 5.6. They will be addressed or fixed in later versions of
- this product:
-
- * User will get continue to get frequent prompts even when
- "Auto Allow Known DLLs" is enabled.
-
- * If the host PC system has multiple network protocol drivers installed,
- Sygate Personal Firewall may have significant performance impact.
-
- * The "Block Traffic When Service Is Not Running" selection may prevent
- the host PC from receiving IP address from DHCP server.
-
- * Sygate Personal Firewall does not support Windows XP fast switch feature.
-
- * Double click on Sygate Personal Firewall system tray icon will accidentally
- launch the log viewer.
-
- * Sygate Personal Firewall Help does not list any available printers
- for printing.
-
- * Sygate Personal Firewall is not compatible with BlackIce Firewall.
-
- * Clicking "Managed Firewall Info..." or "Get Internet Sharing" will trigger
- Internet Connection Wizard.
-
- * Activate Stealth Mode Browsing cause WEB pages and RealAudio to fail
-
- * Sygate Personal Firewall may prevent PocketPC to synchronize with PC
- infrared port.
-
- * Sygate Personal Firewall shows incorrect path when it is a mounted drive.
-
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- 6. CONTACT INFORMATION
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-
- If you are evaluating this software or have purchased this software
- online, you can contact Sygate Technologies Support at
- support@sygate.com
-
-