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To successfully run inbound network test such as ShieldsUp, your PC must have static IP
address or your router must pass though all inbound connections to your PC. Often, true-
stealth test fails because the router is answering the inbound traffics, not your PC.  If your PC
is sitting behind a DSL/Cable router, check your router configuration on how to set up static IP
address or pass though inbound traffics. The configuration is typically available from the web-
page your router provides. To verify whether your PC has received all inbound traffics, check
the following:

1. On Windows XP with SP2, turn on the XP firewall and run the ShieldsUP test. Since the
   XP firewall rejects all inbound traffics, ShieldsUP should show true-stealth test
   successful. Otherwise, the traffics have not reached your PC as they are answered by
   the router.
   
2. If you don't have XP firewall as a reference, with SensiveGuard turned on, run the
   ShieldsUp test, and check the SensiveGuard logging. If there're thousands of entries of
   inbound connections in logging, the traffics have reached your PC and true-stealth test
   should have passed successfully. If there are no inbound connections in logging, the
   traffics have not reached your PC.
   

Known problem: on some dial-up and directly connected ADSL modem, SensiveGuard does
not filter inbound traffics and true-stealth test would fail.
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