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xbox live and avg firewall

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  • 21-11-2008 1:24am
    #1
    brianeen
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭


    does anyone know how to allow xbox live through avg's firewall?
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    #2
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    This might help:

    How to allow XBOX connection on Windows XP

    To allow the connection between XBOX and computer with AVG Firewall, please proceed as follows:

    1. Open AVG -> menu Tools -> Firewall settings.
    2. Open section Profiles -> your profile -> Applications.
    3. Click Add button -> "..." button next to the Path.
    4. Browse to:
    c:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe
    5. Make sure that Application action is set to Allow for all and click Apply.
    6. In the left tree, please switch to application Various system services.
    7. In the Application detail rules click on Add button and then click Move up button until the new entry (represented by a number, e.g. 12) is on the first place in the list.
    8. Set Detail action to Allow for all.
    9. In Defined services click on Add service.
    10. Fill in the service name (e.g. XBOX) and click Add button.
    11. Fill in the following settings of the rule:

    * Protocol: TCP
    * Direction: Both ways
    * Local ports: 2869
    * Remote ports: *
    12. Click OK to store the newly created rule and also the service.
    13. In the list of Defined services, please scroll down to the created XBOX service and tick it.
    14. Click OK to store the whole AVG Firewall configuration and test the connection.



    How to allow XBOX connection on Windows Vista

    To allow the connection between XBOX and computer with AVG Firewall, please proceed as follows:

    1. Open AVG -> menu Tools -> Firewall settings.
    2. Open section Profiles -> your profile -> Applications.
    3. Click Add button -> ... button next to the "Path".
    4. Browse to:
    c:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe
    5. Make sure that Application action is set to Allow for all and click Apply.
    6. In the left tree, please switch to System services.
    7. Click the Add button and fill in the name (e.g. 'XBOX').
    8. Change the System rule details to Allow for all.
    9. Click Add button under System rule action section.
    10. Under Defined services please click Add service button and fill in the name (e.g. 'XBOX service').
    11. Using the Add button, please create the following rules:

    * Protocol: TCP
    Direction: Both ways
    Local ports: 2869
    Remote ports: *
    * Protocol: TCP
    Direction: Both ways
    Local ports: 10243
    Remote ports: *
    * Protocol: UDP
    Direction: Both ways
    Local ports: *
    Remote ports: 3702
    12. Click OK to store the newly created service.
    13. In the list of Defined services, please scroll down to the created "XBOX service" and tick it.
    14. Click OK to store the whole AVG Firewall configuration and test the connection.

    Found here: http://www.avg.com/faq.num-1089


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    #3
    brianeen
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭brianeen


    Biggins wrote: »
    This might help:

    How to allow XBOX connection on Windows XP

    To allow the connection between XBOX and computer with AVG Firewall, please proceed as follows:

    1. Open AVG -> menu Tools -> Firewall settings.
    2. Open section Profiles -> your profile -> Applications.
    3. Click Add button -> "..." button next to the Path.
    4. Browse to:
    c:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe
    5. Make sure that Application action is set to Allow for all and click Apply.
    6. In the left tree, please switch to application Various system services.
    7. In the Application detail rules click on Add button and then click Move up button until the new entry (represented by a number, e.g. 12) is on the first place in the list.
    8. Set Detail action to Allow for all.
    9. In Defined services click on Add service.
    10. Fill in the service name (e.g. XBOX) and click Add button.
    11. Fill in the following settings of the rule:

    * Protocol: TCP
    * Direction: Both ways
    * Local ports: 2869
    * Remote ports: *
    12. Click OK to store the newly created rule and also the service.
    13. In the list of Defined services, please scroll down to the created XBOX service and tick it.
    14. Click OK to store the whole AVG Firewall configuration and test the connection.



    How to allow XBOX connection on Windows Vista

    To allow the connection between XBOX and computer with AVG Firewall, please proceed as follows:

    1. Open AVG -> menu Tools -> Firewall settings.
    2. Open section Profiles -> your profile -> Applications.
    3. Click Add button -> ... button next to the "Path".
    4. Browse to:
    c:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe
    5. Make sure that Application action is set to Allow for all and click Apply.
    6. In the left tree, please switch to System services.
    7. Click the Add button and fill in the name (e.g. 'XBOX').
    8. Change the System rule details to Allow for all.
    9. Click Add button under System rule action section.
    10. Under Defined services please click Add service button and fill in the name (e.g. 'XBOX service').
    11. Using the Add button, please create the following rules:

    * Protocol: TCP
    Direction: Both ways
    Local ports: 2869
    Remote ports: *
    * Protocol: TCP
    Direction: Both ways
    Local ports: 10243
    Remote ports: *
    * Protocol: UDP
    Direction: Both ways
    Local ports: *
    Remote ports: 3702
    12. Click OK to store the newly created service.
    13. In the list of Defined services, please scroll down to the created "XBOX service" and tick it.
    14. Click OK to store the whole AVG Firewall configuration and test the connection.

    Found here: http://www.avg.com/faq.num-1089

    This works fine for allowing the pc xbox connection to work but does allow the xbox live to work. Cheers though. Any idea wat I need to do to get this working cause it works when I disable my firewall which is a bad idea as I know.


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    #4
    keen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 987 ✭✭✭keen


    brianeen wrote: »
    does anyone know how to allow xbox live through avg's firewall?

    Are you having problems connecting to Live on the Xbox itself?

    If so the AVG firewall should have no bearing.


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    #5
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    I know its an obvious question but I have to ask it.

    Have you tried emailing AVG about your problem?
    (Your probably not the first to get this problem.)


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    #6
    brianeen
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭brianeen


    Biggins wrote: »
    I know its an obvious question but I have to ask it.

    Have you tried emailing AVG about your problem?
    (Your probably not the first to get this problem.)


    im not having any problems connecting to xbox live once i disable my firewall. i have emailed avg but they take an age to email back it must be a week now at this stage if not two.


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    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    As a temp measure, have you tried disabling AVG firewall and turning on another to see will a secondary one allow Xbox Live to work (and still give you protection)?


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    #8
    brianeen
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭brianeen


    Biggins wrote: »
    As a temp measure, have you tried disabling AVG firewall and turning on another to see will a secondary one allow Xbox Live to work (and still give you protection)?


    Ya I've been doing that but is windows firewall good enough


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    #9
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Debateable...

    But here is one that is good and its free: http://www.pctools.com/firewall/
    I have it on all my machines.

    Give that a try.
    As it finds everything (that not the normal well known software for the first time, it asks you for clearly what you want to do.
    Tick "yes" to allow and below that in the same small window, tick "Yes" to global action too.


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