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If you choose to do this, you must disable the Block rules. Note Another option is to create explicit rules for the ports needed by MediaShout. You should now be able to connect to MediaShout with the Remote app. The rules now appear with green check marks and the word “Allow”: Open each MediaShout rule and change it from Block to Allow:Ĥ. Scroll down until you see the two MediaShout rules with the red circles next to them:ģ. In the list of Inbound rules, click on the Name header to sort the list by rule name. Open Windows Defender Firewall and click on Advanced Settings. Log on to the computer as an administrator.Ģ. If Windows created Block rules, follow these steps to change them to Allow rules so you can use the Remote app.ġ. Allow MediaShout in the Firewall After It Has Been Blocked

After this, Windows will no longer prompt you about allowing the app through the firewall, so the Remote app will be locked out until you manually correct the firewall rules. This explicitly creates Block rules in the firewall that will prevent MediaShout from receiving any network traffic. If you do not have an administrator’s username and password, your only option is to go back to the firewall dialog and click Cancel. If you do not have administrative rights, you will be asked to provide them: However, only administrators can change firewall rules. If you click Allow access, Windows will attempt to create Allow rules in the firewall that allow MediaShout to receive on any TCP and UDP ports.

Unfortunately, there is a situation where Windows may create firewall rules that block MediaShout, preventing all network access to the program, including for remote control.Īfter installing MediaShout, when you first enable Remote access (thus asking it to open ports for listening), Windows will detect the open ports and ask if you want to allow access through the firewall: There are some additional technical details here. MediaShout offers instructions here for setting up MediaShout to allow remote control from their iOS app.

Update SeptemThis article has been re-written based on a (hopefully) better understanding of how MediaShout interacts with the Windows Firewall.