NVIDIA Firewall blocks DHCP?

[jtzou]

I have an Asus A8N-E which uses a nForce4 chipset, so I have NVIDIA Firewall installed along with XP (32-bit) with SP2. The thing is, if I use any (Anti-Hacking, Low, Med, High) of the NVIDIA Firewall options, I can't get an IP address from my router. If I turn off the NVIDIA Firewall though, I get it in an instant. I even tried the little DHCP thing in the FORCEWARE settings. Maybe I have old NVIDIA software that's messed up? Or is this a general problem?

 

[mechBgon]

Might try allowing ports 67 and 68 and see what happens, or simply assign a static IP if you're goal-oriented.

 

[jtzou]

I tried allowed it for TCP/UDP (is that where you're supposed to?) but it didn't make a difference. I'm sure I could do it staticly, but I'm hoping for a solution rather than a workaround.

 

[PurdueRy]

I found it blocked too much, so I disabled it

 

[jtzou]

Thats what I think is the solution I'm gonna be stuck with. With the NVIDIA Firewall just installed I couldn't transfer files over 3 Mbps from another computer. Once I uninstalled it, it went back up to 90-ish. I wonder when they're gonna have nice, perfectly functioning Forceware...