Chapter 6. Troubleshooting
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If you are using a Windows PC to share media content, allow access to the following ports:
139 TCP, 445 TCP, 137 UDP, and 138 UDP for file-sharing services.
If you are using Windows Media Connect to share media from Windows, configure your
desktop firewall to allow ports 10243 TCP and 10280–10284 UDP. If you are using the UPNP
Framework under Windows XP, configure your desktop firewall to allow port 1900 UDP and
2869 TCP. For more information see
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/886257/
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Accessing Your Digital Media
The following sections provide some suggestions for accessing digital media with Windows,
Macintosh OSX, and Linux.
Windows System Passwords
If your system requires a password on startup, you need to use one of these access
methods:
•
Recommended: Enable guest access on PCs that have a startup password. From the
Windows Start menu, select
Settings > Control Panel > User Accounts
, and enable
guest access.
•
Manually enter passwords on your Ultimate HD Media Player.
•
Remove the password from the main administrator account.
Macintosh OSX
Turn off the Macintosh firewall, and then select the sharing icon from system preferences.
1.
Click
Firewall
, select
Stop
, and verify that
Firewall off
is displayed.
2.
Select the sharing icon from system preferences, and select the
Windows Sharing
check
box. Make sure that
Windows Sharing On
is displayed.
Once the system is up and running, for better security you can configure your OSX firewall to
allow file access while blocking other network ports. For file sharing you must allow access
through TCP ports 139 and 445, and UDP ports 137 and 138.
Linux
You need to load and install a Samba server.
•
On Redhat 9 systems, click the
Red Hat
button, and select
System Settings > Server Settings > Samba Server
. Click
Add
in the dialog box that
displays.
•
On other systems, you might need to install the Samba server (smbd) manually and
modify the samba configuration file (/etc/smb.conf on most systems; select the man smbd
check box). If Samba is not installed, see
http://www.samba.org
.
