As with any BossTech product, you must keep the original installation files together, and in their original names. When prompted for a Save location, allow the original file name, "IpWallMaster.zip", to remain intact throughout the download process, and Setup process. However, you will want to place the "IpWallMaster.zip" file in it's own sub-directory somewhere. It is advised to 'Save' the downloaded "IpWallMaster.zip" file, rather than selecting "Open" from it's own location, during downloading....in a sub-directory somewhere, one that you intend to use for installation files.

IMPORTANT: Store the IpWallMaster v1.0 in a different sub-directory than IpMasterPro.

IMPORTANT: IF THIS IS AN UPGRADE, DO NOT un-install the previously licensed versions before installing an update, or you will end up with a trial version that will expire after 15-days.

When the download is complete, UnZip, using WinZip, the "IpWallMaster.zip" file in the same download location. Run Setup.exe, Accept the License Agreement, then press Next. The File Locations defaults should be accurate, press Next. When you're ready to finish the Setup process, press Next again.

The new IpWallMaster will operate on Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 2003. Due to the new warp-capture engine architecture, there a couple of Windows components that must be on-board for IpWallMaster to use... they are : 

1 ) IpHlpApi.dll – Can be found on your installation CD(s), or simply do a Google search on IpHlpApi.dll to find a myriad of sites that have it for download. IpHlpApi.dll can also be obtain from Microsoft, www.microsoft.com. At Microsoft also do a search on IpHlpApi.dll. 

2 ) Microsoft MFC v7.1 – Can be obtained from Microsoft via the latest upgrades. Microsoft MFC v7.1 is not available for Window '98, or ME. IpWallMaster must be installed on Windows XP, both home and professional edition, Windows 2000, and Windows 20003 and later.

 

3 ) WinCap - included in the IpWallMaster setup processes. During the IpWallMaster installation, the WinCap procedures were traversed and should now be on-board. WinCap can also be obtained from a variety of sources on the internet. http://winpcap.polito.it/  is a dependable site for WinCap downloads and installs. They have an Auto-Installer download. WinCap is available across all Windows platforms. 
While WinCap is installed during the normal IpWallMaster setup process, the best way to find out if IpHlpApi.dll is on-board ( it usually is ) is to start IpWallMaster . If errors occur, you may have to install, or re-install IpHlpApi.dll.

 

NOTE: IpWallMaster install comes with MFC71.DLL and MSVCR71.DLL from Windows XP. If you encounter any problems on Windows 2000, Windows 2003 or later, replace these MFC v7.1 .dll(s), in your installation directory with the like named dll(s) from your \Windows\System32 directory...or simply remove them from the installation directory.

 

VERY IMPORTANT: When installing IpMasterPro v3.1 or later, with the IpWallMaster v1.0 firewall or later, you must synchronize the Rules Configuration files. After installing both, with IpWallMaster closed and not running, go to the IpMasterPro v3.1 "File" menu and select "Create/Select Firewall Rules" and create a rules configuration as outlined in the Help ( F1 ).  Or, the same can be accomplished by opening IpWallMaster, with IpMasterPro closed and not running, and re-selecting the rules configuration file ( .cfg ) from the File->Open menu. Missing this step will cause each product to maintain their own rules config files, hence things may not work as you expect. We recommend you use IpMasterPro to set the rules configuration file synch as outlined at the beginning of this paragraph.

 

Lastly, with IpMasterPro closed and not running, you must open IpWallMaster and perform a Start and Stop one time to ensure all other synch settings are set properly.

 

VERY IMPORTANT: To ensure IpWallMaster uses the same network interface as IpMasterPro for monitoring, select an appropriate network interface from IpMasterPro's File menu...Properties, press the Interfaces button. Once selected, select Scan->Start Scanning and bring up a browser or retrieve your email...so as to see network traffic actually coming into the main window Ip monitor ( View->IpMaster Ip Monitor ). If do not see traffic, you may have selected an inappropriate interface, hence go back to File->Properties and select a different interface...until you know you have the right one. This is a problem for IpWallMaster. By itself it selects the first interface it finds. Specifying an interface from IpMasterPro instructs the IpWallMaster firewall to use that selected interface, rather than the first one it sees.

At the end of the Setup process, open your Programs menu...right click and "Sort by name". The IpWallMaster menu will appear.

Lastly, it is important to understand, leave the original installation files in the same, and original, locations. This is imperative in order for an un-install to take place. Always un-install by selecting Setup from the Programs->IpWallMaster menu, then click Un-Install and follow the directions. This is the only way to guarantee a clean un-install. When backing up your drives, to reformat for instance, always un-install IpWallMaster first, copy the files onto some storage media. Then you can restore them to the newly formatted drive and re-install.

IMPORTANT NOTE: You must Un-Install IpWallMaster, using the Programs->IpWallMaster->Setup application, then ZIP the install files into an IpWallMaster.zip file, in the same location, when wanting to backup IpWallMaster and Re-Install later. This must be done to comply with IpWallMaster's copy protection policies.

After installing IpWallMaster, you must run IpWallMaster and start the firewall before IpMasterPro v3.1 will recognize it as integrated.