Using firewalls

If you plan to stream content from a Windows Media server on a network to players on the Internet, you may need to open additional ports in your firewall to prevent players from having problems receiving the content. This section provides an overview of firewalls and how Windows Media Services interacts with firewalls.

This section contains the following topics:

• Understanding firewalls and protocols
• Configuring firewalls for unicast streaming
• Configuring firewalls for multicast streaming
• Enabling access to an encoder outside a firewall

Important

• This content may have been updated. For the most recent information, see the Windows Media Services 9 Series Firewall Information Web page.

Related topics

• Configuring security options