Thread: I can't use a firewall?
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Old November 23rd, 2007
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Depends on brand & model of router you have too. I know with mine, it clashed with my software firewall & UPnP stops functioning. My answer in OSX is to disable my software firewall whilst using LW. Answer for windows, I suspect would be to port forward instead so you can keep your software firewall running. But this I am not sure.

* Make sure you do not have more than one software firewall running because they will clash with each other & cause problems, resulting in side effects & less security not more. XP & Vista come with their own firewalls, so if you are using a 3rd party firewall, choose between them & disable the one you don't wish to use.
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