In our lab, working on a Canto (Windows XP) with Diva, we had the same problem. Fortunately, we use a second PC for our analysis equipped with 2 Network Cards. Both PCs + the printer, are incorporated in a LAN (Local network) on the first Network port. All our acquisition data are easily transported over this LAN to this second PC for analysis. Through the second Network Card, we make a fully secured (firewall, virus scan, auto-updates) connection with the internet. As such, the PC connected to our Canto, is completely shielded off from external malignity. The technical services of BD-Belgium installed everything for us to our complete satisfaction. Roger _____ ANDRIES Roger Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Therapy Department of Physiology and Immunology Medical School of the VUB gebouw E - lokaal E251 Laarbeeklaan 103 - B-1090 Brussel Tel. 02 4774573 - Fax 02 4774568 email : Roger.Andries@vub.ac.be From: Ryan Duggan <rduggan@flowcity.bsd.uchicago.edu> Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 09:30:05 -0600 To: cyto-inbox Subject: PC security For those who have instruments connected to a PC running Windows XP... Do you have the XP firewall enabled? Do you have Auto Update checked? When we try to enable the firewall on our system, we are unable to connect to the instrument (yes, we've allowed the port used by Diva to connect to the instrument to pass). Since (for some reason) we are frequently hacked, we've had to hide all our acquisition computers behind a proxy server. The proxy server gives us security, but decreases bandwidth, and makes file transfer over the network really slow. I'm just wondering if anyone else is having security/connection issues with their systems. Specifically, we have issues with instruments running the FACSDiVa program (4.1.2) on an Aria, LSRII, and Cantos. Also, I'm worried that if we just apply updates automatically, one of these days we'll find an incompatibility with the update and our ability to run/connect to the instruments. Has anyone had similar issues or solutions? Thanks, Ryan Ryan Duggan Technical Director Flow Cytometry Facility University of Chicago 910 E. 58th St. Rm 037 Chicago, IL 60637 Ph: 773.702.9212 Fx: 773.702.7195 Em: rduggan@flowcity.bsd.uchicago.edu Web: http://iacf.bsd.uchicago.eduReceived on Fri Dec 2 14:58:00 2005
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