# 1 Firewall disables internet sometimes Hi. I recently got ESET Smart Security on my computer. But lately it has made it where I cannot access the internet through a LAN line. I first thought that it was my wire connection in the back of my
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1 Firewall disables internet sometimesHi. I recently got ESET Smart Security on my computer. But lately it has made it where I cannot access the internet through a LAN line. I first thought that it was my wire connection in the back of my laptop, but after I disabled ESET I was able to access the internet, and then I turned ESET back on and the internet connection is staying online. Any help as to why I the internet is blocked with ESET running initially?
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2 Re: Firewall disables internet sometimesHi evn,
by default ESET's firewall will automatically decide which applications to allow access the internet for and which ones to block. This is generally a hassle free approach but you may find some of your programs unable to access the internet as the default filtering mode blocks any new connections originating from the network.
Why it blocked your LAN i'm not quite sure, my guess is that it simply failed to do so for some reason - maybe it hadn't picked up your LAN initially and acess was blocked - and a restart in this case allowed the firewall to set the correct permissions.
Hope that helps