Re: [PCWorks] Firewall Blocking Audio Stream
- From: Tom <tjd@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 17:39:23 -0500
Hi Ben,
Thanks for your reply. Out of curiosity, will port
forwarding accomplish opening port 8000 so I can listen to
the audio stream? In looking through the webpages available
from the router I found that it has several presets for port
forwarding and it also gives the option for adding ports. I
was going to just try adding port 8000 to port forwarding but
thought I'd better ask first before I might get myself into
trouble (doing something I don't know anything about).
I'm always interested in learning and from what I find, it
seems like port forwarding is what I need to allow the audio
stream to come through.
Thanks again,
Tom
** Message Separater **
>Hi Tom,
>
>It looks like the firewall in your router is pretty simple.
>I looked at the manual and it only gives you limited options
>on which ports you can allow. You are trying to receive an
>internet music stream on port 8000. That is not one of the
>ports you can control in the firewall software of that
>router. I assume it's automatically blocked by default.
>
>I would just turn the router firewall off. I'm not at all
>sure why it's there. Your router/modem itself is a firewall
>of sorts because it's using NAT (network address
>translation). That means that the IP address of your
>computer is different from the IP address your modem is
>showing the world. There not really any easy way to get
>directly to your computer through the router. Your operating
>system (WinXP ?) also has a software firewall that works
>pretty well. I don't really see what using an additional
>software firewall in your router would accomplish other than
>block the things that you want to listen to.
>
>So turn the router's firewall off. It's just extra stuff
>that you don't really need. Make sure your operating system
>firewall is on and you should be fine. Also make sure that
>you change the router's generic admin password. This is the
>password you need to get into the router configuration menu.
>It's on page 9 of the manual.
>
>Ben Moore
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: pcworks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:pcworks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>Behalf Of Tom
>Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 2:38 PM
>To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [PCWorks] Firewall Blocking Audio Stream
>
>I recently purchased an Actiontec GT724R combination DSL
>modem and router. When I turn on the firewall with either
>high, medium or low settings I can not receive the audio
>stream at:
>
>http://206.217.134.126:8000
>
>When I set the firewall to off, the stream plays.
>
>Any suggestions what I have to do in the firewall settings to
>allow this audio stream to play?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Tom
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