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Bitdefender Firewall preventing Media Centre Extender (XBOX360) from reaching PC

Hi all,

I hope you guys can help me. I've just moved house and have set-up my computer and XBOX 360 today but the XBOX cannot see the PC.
Setup as follows: PC wired to ADSL router modem, XBOX wired to POWERLINE Acces point, 2nd POWERLINE Access point wired to ADSL router.

I managed to set up the extender by disabling the firewall and in fact all works fine with firewall disabled but as soon as firewall enabled, XBOX cannot see PC.
I have tried setting ports as described in www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/extender/setup/firewall/config.mspx but this seems not to work. Can anyone give me an idea?

Cheers!
Ash
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Hi Jstn,

The windows firewall is active but Extender service is ticked as an exception.

I didn't realise this.... so I don't need to have firewall software active on my PC if my BT 2Wire router has one already?  It sounds obvious but I thought better safe than sorry.

On the Bitdefender software there is no option (tick box style or other) that I can see to allow the extender service or XBOX connection.  This was something I found on the net too it just seems it's not catered for in BD v10.

I have tried to add exception to BD's firewall to allow any application to run from the IP of the XBOX but everytime I enter the details:
 192.168.1.64 / 255.255.255.0, they revert to 192.168.1.0 / 255.255.255.0 ........???

Thanks again for your efforts.
Ashley


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HI Zephyr,

Thanks for your comments.  It wasn't the windows firewall I was referring to but the BT router/modem firewall, i.e. one firewall protecting my PC and another protecting the LAN from the net.  

Anyway,  I have also been on the bitdefender forums (see here: http://forum.bitdefender.com/index.php?showtopic=2536&st=0&gopid=13372&#entry13372) and after updating the BD software to 2008 and re-apllying the firewall settings - all seems well.

Thanks to everyone who helped me on this.
Ashley