NPVR client not connecting/communidating with NPVR server

[snaitaz]

G'day mates...Well I guess my celebration was premature. With everything working well this morning, this afternoon the issue came back. I am still getting the "unable to communicate blah blah" thing but the TV Guide is populated. When I click to watch something I get a new Red X error stating that "an attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions 192.168.10.38:8968". This is the server addy but where is it getting the 8968 socket from? It is supposed to be the default 8866 right? I put that addy into a web browser and get nothing but when i change the port to 8866 I get the server. I ran Currports and TCPEye to watch what is going on connection wise with the client firewall off only. Sure enough both programs indicated to me that a connection was being established bu NPVR using socket 8968. So why and how is that possible. However, with firewall off everything works fine. Any help?

Thanks johnsonx42 I will give that a try and see if that speeds uo the connection process and fixes the other problem as well. Cheers!

[johnsonx42]

loosely, 8866 is the html interface; 8968 is the video streaming socket

However, with firewall off everything works fine. Any help?

I think your answer is right there - you have to get your firewall to allow the nextpvr traffic, or turn it off. there's no magic anywhere

[snaitaz]

G'day...OIC I was letting NPVR through the firewall using port 8866 I will try the 8968 port and see if that allows the com between the client/server. Else I may just have to kill the FW for the Private connections and hope that outside communications like Internet, etc. don't have a negative impact or allow a virus in my network. Thanks for the clarification. Cheers!