{"id":12255,"date":"2017-07-12T08:54:28","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T06:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/?p=12255"},"modified":"2017-07-24T11:52:26","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T09:52:26","slug":"temporary-network-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/2017\/07\/temporary-network-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"[:en]Fix for network access problem[:]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[:en]<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Some users will experience network problems since yesterday afternoon.\u00a0Outlined below, is the easiest way to fix the problem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><u>STEPS:<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif,serif,'EmojiFont';\">1.<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman',serif,'EmojiFont'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Click Start menu button<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif,serif,'EmojiFont';\">2.<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman',serif,'EmojiFont'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Type \u201cfirewall.cpl\u201d , then enter \u2013 this open the firewall options.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif,serif,'EmojiFont';\">3.<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman',serif,'EmojiFont'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Click on \u201cTurn Windows Firewall on or off\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif,serif,'EmojiFont';\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12256 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/files\/2017\/07\/firewall1-300x202.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/files\/2017\/07\/firewall1-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/files\/2017\/07\/firewall1-500x337.png 500w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/files\/2017\/07\/firewall1.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif,serif,'EmojiFont';\">4.<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman',serif,'EmojiFont'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Then Click \u201cTurn off Windows Firewall\u201d at every options<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\">\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12257\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/files\/2017\/07\/firewall2-300x185.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/files\/2017\/07\/firewall2-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/files\/2017\/07\/firewall2-768x474.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/files\/2017\/07\/firewall2-500x309.png 500w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/files\/2017\/07\/firewall2.png 878w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif,serif,'EmojiFont';\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif,serif,'EmojiFont';\">5.<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman',serif,'EmojiFont'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Click \u201cOK\u201d to set these options.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif,serif,'EmojiFont';\">6.<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman',serif,'EmojiFont'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Now you should see your network return.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif,serif,'EmojiFont';\">7.<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman',serif,'EmojiFont'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Restart your PC, after which you have to go back to your firewall, and turn it on<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif,serif,'EmojiFont';\">8.<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman',serif,'EmojiFont'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Click \u201cTurn on Windows Firewall\u201d at every option<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif,serif,'EmojiFont';\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12258\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/files\/2017\/07\/firewall3-300x210.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/files\/2017\/07\/firewall3-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/files\/2017\/07\/firewall3-500x350.png 500w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/files\/2017\/07\/firewall3.png 706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif,serif,'EmojiFont';\">9.<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman',serif,'EmojiFont'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Click \u201cOK\u201d to set option.<\/p>\n<p>[:]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[:en] Some users will experience network problems since yesterday afternoon.\u00a0Outlined below, is the easiest way to fix the problem. 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