If I want to allow all traffic (for some reason, temporarily), does the Personal Firewall rule “allow all (bi-directional)” let all the traffic get through?
No. By default, all non-IP protocols will be allowed whatever rule you may have. However, broadcast traffic is not allowed even if you have made a “bi-directional allow all to everywhere” rule. For broadcast you must define additional rules, e.g. “allow all to 255.255.255.255” for global broadcast or “allow all to 192.168.100.255” for single network broadcast.
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