Perhaps you've blocked the ports that Soldat uses somehow?
To enable or disable Internet Connection Firewall
1. Open Network Connections (Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double?click Network Connections as shown in Figure 1 below.)
Figure 1. Open Control Panel, then open Network Connections.
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Figure 1. Open Control Panel, then open Network Connections.
Note If your Control Panel is set to Category View, click Network and Internet Connections as show in Figure 2 below. Then click Network Connections as show in Figure 3.
In Category View, click Network and Internet Connections
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Figure 2. In Category View, click Network and Internet Connections.
In Category View, click Network Connections
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Figure 3. In Category View, click Network Connections.
2. Click to select the Dial?up, LAN or High?Speed Internet connection that you want to protect as shown in Figure 4 below.
Click on the connection that you want to protect
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Figure 4. Click on the connection that you want to protect.
3. In the task pane on the left, under Network Tasks, click Change settings of this connection as shown in Figure 5 below.
(Or, within the Network Connections folder, right-click on the connection that you want to protect and then click Properties as shown in Figure 6 below.)
Under Network Tasks on the left, click Change settings of this connection
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Figure 5. Under Network Tasks on the left, click Change settings of this connection.
Alternatively, right-click on the connection, and click Properties
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Figure 6. Alternatively, right-click on the connection, and click Properties.
4. On the Advanced tab as shown in Figure 7 below, under Internet Connection Firewall, select one of the following:
To enable Internet Connection Firewall (ICF), select the Protect my computer and network by limiting or preventing access to this computer from the Internet check box.
To disable Internet Connection Firewall, clear the Protect my computer and network by limiting or preventing access to this computer from the Internet check box. This disables the firewall, your computer and network are then vulnerable to intrusions.
Enable Internet Connection Firewall
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Figure 7. Check the box to enable the firewall.
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