XP Firewall Setup
Left Click .. Start > Settings > Control Panel > Network Connections
Highlight .. Local Area Connection and Right Click
Left Click .. Properties
This is the screen you should now have displayed
Click the Advanced Tab
Check there is a tick in the checkbox as displayed below and click Settings
On the Advanced Settings, Services .. Click Add
In box provided "Description of Service" enter .. TCP 5200
In the next box "Name or IP address .... " enter your computer name
Exactly as shown in Control Panel > System > Computer Name
Be sure you enter the "Full computer name" exactly as displayed.
Do not confuse this with "Computer Description"
In the next box "External Port for this service" .. enter 5200 and bullet TCP on the right of this box.
In the next box "Internal Port for this service" .. enter 5200 and click on OK.
On the "Advanced Settings" screen click Add and repeat the above for UDP port 5198.
In box provided "Description of Service" enter .. UDP 5198
IF USING A SINGLE (not networked) computer
In the next box "Name or IP address .... " enter your computer name
Exactly as shown in Control Panel > System > Computer Name
Be sure you enter the "Full computer name" exactly as displayed
Do not confuse this with "Computer Description"
IF USING A NETWORKED COMPUTER
In the next box "Name or IP address .... " enter the STATIC ip address of the computer running EchoLink
In the next box "External Port for this service" .. enter 5198 and bullet UDP on the right of this box.
In the next box "Internal Port for this service" .. enter 5198 and click on OK.
On the "Advanced Settings" screen click Add and repeat the above for UDP port 5199.
In box provided "Description of Service" enter .. UDP 5199
In the next box "Name or IP address .... " enter your computer name
Exactly as shown in Control Panel > System > Computer Name
Be sure you enter the "Full computer name" exactly as displayed
Do not confuse this with "Computer Description"
In the next box "External Port for this service" .. enter 5199 and bullet UDP on the right of this box.
In the next box "Internal Port for this service" .. enter 5199 and click on OK.
On the "Advanced Settings" screen check there is a tick in the boxes for each service just added.