MVP and XP firewall

[borgs5]

Hi,

Was just about to order an MVP when I read, in the pdf specification, that you have to turn off the standard XP firewall for it to work.

My HTPC is currently my router and I do not want to install a software based firewall as all the ones I've tried have some problem or another and really slow the PC down. I don't really want to buy a standalone router either as the last one I had kept locking up.

Can someone who has an MVP please confirm whether it can work with the XP firewall enabled?

Thank you.

[johnvk]

Hi Borgs5,

If you're not using GB-PVR but the Hauppauge software for the MVP, the setup of the Hauppauge-software takes care of enabling parts of the XP firewall (just to pass the Hauppauge communication).

If you're using GB-PVR, you'll have to enable the XP firewall to pass the GB-PVR communication yourself:
1) stop the GP-PVR MVP server that is automatically start with GB-PVR (if you have set the setting to start the MVP server)
2) start manually the GB-PVR MVP server and XP-firewall will detect that this piece of software want to pass the firewall. You get prompted whether or not you will allow this.
3) steps 1 & 2 you'll only have to do once

You write that your HTPC acts as router. In that case I guess it also acts as a DHCP-server. The MVP needs to get an IP-address. Normally it is supplied by your cable-modem. If not, your HTPC-server must take this role. Using the Hauppauge-software, this will take care of it. When using GB-PVR, you must do it yourself. I use tftdp32 together with firedaemon to run tftpd32 as a service. Then it is important to enable UDP port 67. This enables the MVP-request for an IP-adress to be handled by your HTPC-server.

Good luck.

John

[johnvk]

Hi Borgs5,

If you're not using GB-PVR but the Hauppauge software for the MVP, the setup of the Hauppauge-software takes care of enabling parts of the XP firewall (just to pass the Hauppauge communication).

If you're using GB-PVR, you'll have to enable the XP firewall to pass the GB-PVR communication yourself:
1) stop the GP-PVR MVP server that is automatically start with GB-PVR (if you have set the setting to start the MVP server)
2) start manually the GB-PVR MVP server and XP-firewall will detect that this piece of software want to pass the firewall. You get prompted whether or not you will allow this.
3) steps 1 & 2 you'll only have to do once

You write that your HTPC acts as router. In that case I guess it also acts as a DHCP-server. The MVP needs to get an IP-address. Normally it is supplied by your cable-modem. If not, your HTPC-server must take this role. Using the Hauppauge-software, this will take care of it. When using GB-PVR, you must do it yourself. I use tftdp32 together with firedaemon to run tftpd32 as a service. Then it is important to enable UDP port 67. This enables the MVP-request for an IP-adress to be handled by your HTPC-server.

Good luck.

John

[Pioneer4x4]

2) start manually the GB-PVR MVP server and XP-firewall will detect that this piece of software want to pass the firewall. You get prompted whether or not you will allow this.

Thanks! I've been wondering how to get it to permit GBPVR! I did that, and will test today.

[borgs5]

Thanks for that johnvk,

I will try those steps on Friday when the MVP arrives. I will try them on my htpc first although I expect it will be too slow to run the GBPVR server in which case I will use my main PC as the MVP server. Yes, the htpc is running internet connection sharing so has its own DHCP server.

Thanks!

[sub]

Yep, the EPIA 5000 is going to be way too slow...That CPU is about the equivalent of a Celeron 300Mhz. The recommended minimum for GB-PVR is a PIII 1Ghz.