July 27, 200718 yr I am trying to connect one of my computers with my Xbox 360 to share media through my home network. My Xbox 360 is connect to internet via an ethernet cable. My computer's operating system is Windows XP and is connect wirelessly using a USB wireless reciever. If you want to know the router I use, I will find the exact one. The firewall I use is the Windows Firewall. I follwed the steps listed at http://www.xbox.com/pcsetup, downloading WMP 11 successfully and allowing my Xbox 360 access to my media without any issues. However, when I went to connect to the computer using my Xbox 360, the connection failed, saying a firewall may be blocking the connection. I ran the Media connection test and I came with the affirmative answer that a firewall is blocking the connection and that I need to change the TCP and UHP ports to specific values (I will post these soon). I need to know whether there was some way to avoid this, but if not, I would like advice on how to change these ports. Here is the screen I can get to: This is the "Exceptions" Tab, this is where I think you can add/change ports. Finally, this is the "Advanced" tab. I still want to know if there is any way to get around changing the firewall ports. I do not want to mess around with it and end up screwing up something. Alright, new information now. My firewall is Norton Personal Firewall and my router is not called 802.11g/2.4GHz, that is what kind of signal is sends (Or something along those lines) It is called DL-524, still made by D-Link. Also, I am unable to configure my Norton Personal Firewall settings by opening Norton Secuirity Centre, going to Secuirity Basics, left-clicking Personal Firewall and choosing Configure, which is the only option. There is still the Windows Firewall on my Internet Connection, however. There's no such thing as regret. A regret means you are unhappy with the person you are now,and if you're unhappy with the person you are, you change yourself. Thatregret will no longer be a regret, because it will help to form the new,better you. So really, a regret isn't a regret. It's experience.
July 27, 200718 yr Changing ports is specific to the firewall. Which firewall is on your PC? (ZoneAlarm, Norton, etc).
July 28, 200718 yr Author That is the thing. To get to the firewall options, I have to go to Start>Network Connections, select my internet connection> Properties>Advanced Tab>Settings. It appears that it came with windows and is put on all network connections by default. That is the only firewall I am aware of. There's no such thing as regret. A regret means you are unhappy with the person you are now,and if you're unhappy with the person you are, you change yourself. Thatregret will no longer be a regret, because it will help to form the new,better you. So really, a regret isn't a regret. It's experience.
July 28, 200718 yr It's most likely the port settings for your router that you have to change. How you do it varies from router to router, but with my Linksys router, on the computer that the router is directly connted to I type 192.168.1.1 into the URL bar and go there and somewhere hidden deep within some sort of options you can unblock specific ports. :-s
July 28, 200718 yr it must be the ports being blocked i personally use Orb when i wanna connect to my xbox i dont like the software that ms supplys check out orb at Orb.com Aefx(started 11/1/2002) Cb: 200 TS: 1900+Bmms--Jr(Started on 1/24/06)(Banned 11/13/09 ) Cb: 119(pre-eoc) TS: 1700+Bmms(Started 8/?/2001)(Banned 1/24/06 ) Cb: 101(pre-eoc) TS: 1350+
July 28, 200718 yr Author I'll post of the pic of the scrren I can get to soon. There's no such thing as regret. A regret means you are unhappy with the person you are now,and if you're unhappy with the person you are, you change yourself. Thatregret will no longer be a regret, because it will help to form the new,better you. So really, a regret isn't a regret. It's experience.
July 29, 200718 yr Author it must be the ports being blocked i personally use Orb when i wanna connect to my xbox i dont like the software that ms supplys check out orb at Orb.com Orb looks very good, I'll try it. There's no such thing as regret. A regret means you are unhappy with the person you are now,and if you're unhappy with the person you are, you change yourself. Thatregret will no longer be a regret, because it will help to form the new,better you. So really, a regret isn't a regret. It's experience.
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