RE: FW: ports, firewalls and questions

2009-08-11 Thread Larry Wanger
still-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

Re: FW: ports, firewalls and questions

2009-08-10 Thread Chris Blouch
Sounds like you need to figure out port forwarding on your router. Normally connections are made to IP addresses and ports. The IP address is like some family's phone number and the port is like asking for Mike, Sam or Pete after they pick up. So port 80 is for http (web browsing) while 21 is

Re: FW: ports, firewalls and questions

2009-08-10 Thread ben mustill-rose
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 wrote: > > Let me try this again. > > > Hi, > > Yesterday I found myself trying to get a

FW: ports, firewalls and questions

2009-08-10 Thread Larry Wanger
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 l