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Firewall settings for LSL to work? #362

Closed HWiese1980 closed 5 years ago

HWiese1980 commented 6 years ago

Hey everyone,

what are common firewall settings to make LSL run? I have a wifi network here which has some certain limitations like only allowing git, svn, https and some other protocols. How can I make LSL work with this layer of security?

Thanks

mgrivich commented 6 years ago

The easiest approach is to shut the firewall off on all relevant computers and networks. If that is not allowed, you can open the default ports:

The features that are required by LSL to work in its default settings are UDP broadcasts or multi-cast on port 16571, as well as incoming TCP and UDP connections on ports 16572-16604 (although the upper ranges are only needed if you have sufficiently many LSL applications open on a single machine).

If you are not allowed to open ports, you have to reconfigure LSL to use ports that are available: https://github.com/sccn/labstreaminglayer/wiki/NetworkConnectivity.wiki -> Configuration File Contents.

Personally, though, before messing with this I'd probably set up a personal network and neglect to mention it to your IT department. Ubiquiti networks work well, though they can be a bit challenging to set up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7FeYsJqotc gets you 90% of the way there.

On 11/22/2018 6:02 AM, Hendrik Wiese wrote:

Hey everyone,

what are common firewall settings to make LSL run? I have a wifi network here which has some certain limitations like only allowing git, svn, https and some other protocols. How can I make LSL work with this layer of security?

Thanks

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HWiese1980 commented 5 years ago

Thank you!