
If you prefer Google, then you can get the same information from them: If the computer that needs to connect is a remote computer (a computer at another location), then you can find the IP address by logging in to that computer and visiting the following link:
Click the Move up button to move your new firewall rule above the two block rules at the bottom of the list. Click on your new firewall rule in the list to select it. Click OK at the bottom to save your new firewall rule. You can set Addresses to All, however this may be a security risk, so I recommend setting it for only specific addresses and then entering the IP address of the computer that is going to be connecting (multiple addresses can be entered if separated by commas). Enter your port number in the field for Ports (you can enter multiple port numbers if you separate them with commas, such as 443,5222 for instance). Assuming this is on the computer you are trying to connect to, set Direction to IN. Make sure the Action is set to 'Allow'. Give the rule a name so that it is easy to identify what it does when looking through the list of firewall rules. Click the Add rule button near the lower-right. Click on Firewall in the menu at the top. They need to specify either the port numbers the software uses, or the port range.Īnyway, for the TCP ports, here's how to create a Firewall rule to allow them: They can't simply tell you to allow all UDP traffic.