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Firewall Settings

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1. 1.1. Other Firewalls
2. Open Ports in Windows Firewall
1. 1. 2.1.1. MSSQL
  2. 2.1.2. MySQL

Other Firewalls

If you're using a 3rd party firewall you must configure it manually to open the same ports.

Open Ports in Windows Firewall

MediaPortal should be allowed full network access in the firewall especially for TV-Server, but also for other actions which require internet access, such as updating Movie Scripts (grabbers), downloading artist and album images from Last.fm or when using extensions that access the net.

During installation, the Deploy Tool will attempt to configure the Windows Firewall as follows:

full network access for "tvservice.exe"
full network access for "setuptv.exe"
full network access for "mediaportal.exe"
port 1433 (TCP) and 1434 (UDP) for MSSQL
port 3306 (TCP) for MySQL

Note: In Windows XP, make sure 'File and Printer sharing" are enabled for the TV-Server computer, otherwise the client won't be able to connect properly.

If you need to connect to the TV-Server from another network (like through the Internet), ports 554 and 31456 (both TCP) should be forwarded and/or allowed to pass through your firewall.

MediaPortal might be slow and sluggish if the client cannot communicate with the database. Be sure to allow the following files to communicate through the firewall:

MSSQL

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQL\Binn\sqlservr.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Shared\sqlbrowser.exe