Zone Alarm Pro firewall prevents me from using my Battlecom server!

[CrazyDiamond]

Hey guys, I was trying to set up a battlecom server last night so me and my friend could talk while playing Counter Strike, when i first started the Battlecom server, it went through the usual questions: "Do you want battlecom to act as a server", and "Do you want Battlecom to access the Internet?". I answered both. When my friend connected to my server, it kicked him off. I checked my zone alarm logs and it showed my friend trying to access my server, but zone alarm wouldn't let him. Does anyone know how to fix this? After i took down zone alarm, my friend could access my battlecom server with no problems, but i'd rather not take down my firewall just so i can use battlecom (kinda defeats the purpose 🙂)

 

[Spawndude]

I believe you have to go into Zone Alarm and tell it to allow access on that port.

 

[CrazyDiamond]

Hmm, i checked to see if there was such an option, i don't see it in zone alarm anywhere??

 

[Spawndude]

I just remember about a year ago the other computer on my home network couldt see the one with Zone Alarm on it. I then changed a setting that said something about allowing this connection to connect in the future. Sorry I cant be any more specific than that

 

[CrazyDiamond]

Yeah that's what i enabled before...

 

[h0vic]

Set the Internet Security to medium. This fixes a lot of problems running any kind of server, but it would make your computer more vulnerable to attacks. I had to do this for my FTP server. If you have the Pro version, you can add the IP address of whoever you allow to bypass the firewall.

 

[CrazyDiamond]

ok thanks... boy that sux =(

 

[Wik]

Go into the advance functions under sercurity and you can add his IP.