Hi, the Airport Extreme Firewall is very easy to set up. Actually, by default, as long as DHCP and NAT are enabled on your Extreme, the Firewall is automatically enabled. If you need specific ports open that aren’t already open in the default configuration, go into the Airport Utility, and into the Network pane of your device. then go to the Ports area and press the Add button. The Airport Utility Firewall has built-in choices such as File Sharing, Web-Sharing, Print Sharing etc. By choosing any of these, the necessary ports are auto-magically entered for you. If you need other ports that aren’t listed in these basic ones, there’s a list of Apple commonly used TCP and UDP ports available on the web. Just do a Google search for just that and you’ll find the page. . Using those ports, you can open up any others that you feel necessary. Really, for most situations, the ports automatically blocked by your Extreme are good enough.
Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On May 14, 2015, at 09:50, Jim Gatteys <jgatt...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oh that's a good idea. I have never used mine. I have an airport extreme > router. Do you know if they are easy enough to set up? jg > On May 14, 2015, at 10:41 AM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: > > Hmmm. I agree. No request for an Administrator’s password either? Even > after hitting the “Allow” button? > > Interesting indeed. You may wish to turn off the Firewall on the MacOS and > use the one included with your router, they are usually a better defence > anyway as they are at the right place in your network. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On May 14, 2015, at 09:09, Jim Gatteys <jgatt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > There is in this instance not an always allow. Pretty strange I think. > Jim > >> On May 14, 2015, at 9:52 AM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Are you pressing the “Allow” button each time? Often, in these dialogs, >> there is an “Always Allow” button that will make it so the dialog does not >> persist. It is not the default, so, pressing return will not invoke it. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On May 14, 2015, at 05:27, Jim Gatteys <jgatt...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi again! >> Every time I load messages on my mac I keep getting ask if I want to allow >> or deny message to access the net? I have firewall turned on and messages >> is one of the apps that I have allowed access to the net. Any ideas? >> Thanks, >> Jim >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
