Firewall and Browsing

[NewBuilder24]

I use Sygate as my firewall and it appears to be conflicting with my browsing. Somtimes when I try to access a page anywhere on the web it just hangs there and says it's loading. As soon as I tell my Sygate firewall to "Allow All," the website starts working again and it loads. When I look at my list of allowed applications, FireFox is one of them before "Allow All" is check off. Why is my firewall conflicting with my browser like this?

[Miz]

If you're running XP with SP2 installed, it may be the SP2 connectivity problem discussed on this page. There's a link to download the fix (I used it and it works) near the bottom of the page.

[NewBuilder24]

Nope... I run SP1 (SP2 caused SOOO many problems with programs on my system)

[glc]

Do you have the XP firewall turned off?

[NewBuilder24]

yeah, it's off

[NewBuilder24]

I think I've fixed the problem. I had to create access rules for my ports like the HTTP port 80. Now that that's settled, does anyone know all the ports that a browser uses and what they're for such as HTTP, FTP, etc...?

[foolishone]

Very detailed one can be found here:

http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/~s_ita/port/port1-99.html

-gives you every port and what it is used for, ports 1-65000+


Basic ones used can be found here:

http://www.howstuffworks.com/web-server8.htm

^fo

[NewBuilder24]

nevermind again... Now I hear Sygate is way better than ZA... hmmm, WHY WONT SYGATE WORK PROPERLY!!!!

[NewBuilder24]

Hmmm I'm running off of a 2Wire 1000HW router which seems to have a built in firewall. Could it be possible that Sygate is actually conflicting with that firewall and not my actual browsers?