I should have been more detailed when I wrote that answer. I thought about port forwarding ... here's a quote from the manual, "Also note that DMZ hosting , Port Forwarding and Application level modem settings are active only when the firewall is off." So the answer is no. It really is a very simple firewall. You are correct though. Port forwarding would be an option in that situation with different hardware. Ben -----Original Message----- From: pcworks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pcworks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 5:39 PM To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [PCWorks] Firewall Blocking Audio Stream 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 ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts. -zxdjhu-