There was also Tiny Firewall which got bought by Computer Associates around 2005. Probably the most complicated or fine grain control for me at that time in Windows XP.

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distances 3 hours ago | parent [-]

This is what I used! At some point I managed to block DHCP lease renewals on my computer, and Internet would always stop working after a given timespan. Took a good while to figure out I caused the problem myself.

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vasvir 2 hours ago | parent [-]

and that's how you learn...

Shooting yourself in the foot really helps to built intuition!

	▲	Zobat 20 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Sometimes called "high instructional value".