Right, that's the set up. Sorry if its not quite list appropriate. I'm not sure what I need to do to make this all work on my Mac thus the post to this list.
-----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of ben mustill-rose Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 3:36 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: FW: ports, firewalls and questions This isn't really a mac issue, its got more to do with the things that connect your computers to the internet. To confirm, your setup looks like: modem airport express computers? On 10/08/2009, Larry Wanger <lsw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Let me try this again. > > > Hi, > > Yesterday I found myself trying to get a couple of > services/applications working on my Mac that require me to allow access to > ports and seemingly complex setup options. I first was trying to set up an > application called Ootunes that enables you to stream your iTunes library > from computers or web enabled devices away from your home computer. I plan > on streaming it to my iPhone but the problem is with setting everything up > on my Mac. In this case, Ootunes has a test program you can run that checks > if you can access your network computer from outside. The test failed saying > it could not access port 1972 and because my firewall blocked access. > > In the second situation I was trying to set up off-site backup through Mozy. > The instructions said I needed to forward a port but I am unsure of how to > do this as well. > > I'm thinking that in the first, if not both cases, the fact that I have the > firewall in the OS plus the firewall on my wireless Apple Airport Express > running in addition to being behind the actual modem is causing problems. I > went in to security and allowed access for all applications but it still > would not pass the testing for Ootunes. > > Does anyone have experience with this and would they be able to offer some > help either via email or off list? > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > -- Kind regards, BEN. email: bmustillr...@gmail.com msn: benmustillr...@hotmail.com web: http://www.bmr.me.uk (under construction) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
