Question Access to my PC Files through ethernet cable ?

[saigyjouji72]

Hello, at first, sorry for my english, got an a bit weird question. Also im living since November in an very old House, in my Apartment theres no internet access point, so i share it with my Neighbor(he have router in hes Apartment), the Problem is, the walls are extreme Thick(so WIFI dont work at all) and the only way is through Ethernet Cable that going from my Apartment to the Router in my Neighbor Apartment. Now the question, i have also password on PC, using Win 10 with the Win Defender Firewall, have an VPN and all my file sharing options in control Panel are disabled, as much as i know, hes not a hacker but normal PC user, is there an big risk for me that he can access the Files on my PC? If yes, would be Comodo Firewall Free be better option than the Windows 10 build in Firewall?

 

[bill001g]

If you have it set to "public" network that assumes you are on a shared network like say a coffee shop or your are directly hooked to the internet.

When you have the firewall in windows set that way pretty much only web browsing works. This can make it hard to play some games but it is the most secure setting.

If you are really worried about it but a very cheap router and plug the cable going to the other apartment into the WAN port. Your router will now protect you the same as if the wan cable plugged into the real internet.

With a router you can then use the wifi and the lan ports and share files etc just as you would if you have a direct connection from the ISP.

The only thing to be careful is the IP addresses being used. Many routers for example use 192.168.0.x IP addresses for the lan. Problem is both your new router and the existing router both use the same ranges it will complain that the WAN ip and LAN ip networks are the same. You will need to change the LAN ip to say 192.168.100.x. "100" is just a example you can use anything that is different but below 254.