Avast Firewall blocking local network fire sharing

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Hello,

I have two laptops in my home network connected via wifi.

One laptop is running Avast Firewall(latest version). My problem is that I can not access the files(shared via windows file sharing) of laptop (running avast firewall). When I try to access \192.168.2.3(avast firewall laptop ip) via other laptop, it never reaches the laptop and seems inaccessible. But as soon as I turn off the avast firewall, I can access the files and everything works as expected.

How can I add exception/rules to this is avast firewall?

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https://www.avast.com/faq.php?article=AVKB25

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@Eddy

thanks for message. I’ve seen the link you provided, but I am not sure what application am I using, since I just paste the IP address in other laptop ‘Run’ window. If firewall is ON, i get network computer is inaccessible. If firewall is OFF, i can access shared files.

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Check the firewall log to see what is blocked and set the appropriate rule for it.

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Hi Eddy,

I have attached the image of my logs that show my laptop 192.168.2.9 accessing 192.168.2.6(avast firewall laptop).

http://www.tiikoni.com/tis/view/?id=3d15658

Also I’ve added ‘packet rule’ named ‘local tablet’ as follows opening local port 445. But I still can not access. I’ve also tried using empty ‘Address’ field but no effect.

http://www.tiikoni.com/tis/view/?id=b786351