Mac OS X Firewall

Hi, I have Mac OS X 10.8.3 on my iMac and had OpenOffice installed. I`ve removed it but still see record org.openoffice.script in the Firewall configuration (see screenshot from System Info). How I can remove this not needed record from Firewall configuration?
Thanks.

Question is moot now. Upgraded to 10.5.9

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Batch Monitor and the Mac OS X Firewall

This is more or less what people have been saying for a few years now, "When I use Compressor the Mac OS X firewall repeatedly asks permission to allow incoming connections for the Batch Monitor! Why?!?!"
No matter how many times you click to approve or deny, the firewall alert reappears every five to twenty seconds. There seem to be many, many people with this problem. So far, the only solutions are to:
1) Shut off the Mac OS firewall
2) Switch the Mac OS firewall to "Allow only essential services" every time I want to use Compressor (a cumbersome solution at best)
2) Keep clicking the buttons
3) Don't use Compressor
While some might argue that Compressor is a poor substitute for a real video conversion utility, for the vast majority of users, it's the only game in town.
So, dear Apple, I humbly beg you on behalf of the literally thousands of users who deal with this problem, please either create a solution or suggest one.
I'm still on Final Cut 6 and Compressor 3. So, if anyone knows that the latest release solves this issue, I'd love to hear it.

I'm dealing with this same problem and have actually noted that you are confirmed about the YEARS because I found this problem posted December 6, 2007
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=6563672
It's unfortunate that a 'Bad Taste' was left after that reply from the guy who called you a 'nitwit' - I didn't even pay attention to his name - at least you have one demiankz - and took the time to start this post. I humbly thank you.
At any rate, I was determined to find out - because I have always been struggling to 'Allow' it and last night I decided to 'block' it.
Does anyone know what is the right setting?
Also - one work around that has been working for me is this:
1) when the popup comes up (leave it up) - Open the firewall, unlock the settings padlock at the bottom left (if it is locked) -
2) find batch monitor and whatever the setting is - force a toggle i.e. if it is "allow" select "block" and visa versa - back to whatever you desire it to be. Just to force it to recognize you are changing it.
3) NOW answer the popup to match whatever you toggled to in the firewall.
4) lock the padlock again.
I've compressed a lot of jobs and I notice once I perform this it goes away for my entire job, provided I leave it alone until it finishes.
If you do something like browse the internet or work on other things, the message tends to pop up again.
Of course, after your job finishes, you will have to do this again - and that's why I wish people would keep responding to this post until we get an answer.
Persistence causes results. Negativity just causes - well, just ignore that.
At least attempt to be helpful, which I felt I have tried. It may work, it may not, or it may cause someone to recognize what the real problem is.
Good luck and hope we get an answer soon!
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Configuring Mac OS X Firewall for iChat

I understand that one must configure the firewall in Mac OS X Tiger before using iChat. It is a mystery to me that Apple does not provide a pre-configured Firewall rule for iChat AV that the user can easily just turn on or off. (Apple does have a pre-configured rule for iChat Bonjour).
There is a How-To article on Apple's web site (see http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93208 ) but this article appears to be out of date. The article tells you to open up certain ports but it does not tell you whether the ports are TCP or UDP.
From what I am been able to figure out, one needs to open up the following ports in the Mac OS X Firewall for iChat to work:
TCP Ports -- 5190, 5297, 5298
UDP Ports -- 5060, 5190, 5676, 16384-16403
Is this correct? Do I need to open up these ports in the Mac OS X Tiger Firewall before I can get iChat AV to work?
(I prefer not to open uo any unnecessary ports).
RobK

By default the Mac OS X firewall doesn't block UDP traffic. So unless you have clicked on the "Advanced" button in your firewall settings and told the firewall to block UDP you don't need to bother with the UDP ports (and indeed, including them in your firewall rule they wont even be used).
There is absolutely no need whatsoever to open up TCP ports 5222 or 5223.
While ports 5222 and 5223 are used by XMPP/Jabber SERVERS iChat doesn't receive inbound connections on those ports. iChat will make an outbound connection on a random high port (mine's currently using port 54804 to connect to Google Talk on port 5223) and there's no need for a firewall rule for these (and it's impossible to predict what port iChat will use anyway).
Port 5190 (TCP) is used for AIM server connection. Just like above iChat will use a random high port to connect to the AIM server on this port so this does not need to be opened.
Port 5190 (UDP) is used for AIM file transfers i believe. It may be that iChat also uses it for XMPP/Jabber and Bonjour file transfers too (though i suspect not since the Bonjour firewall rule doesn't open up this port). If you haven't blocked UDP traffic you wont need to open this port.
Port 5220. As far as i know this port has nothing to do with XMPP/Jabber. The only thing i can think of is that perhaps iChat uses it as a custom file transfer port (though since Bonjour is just serverless XMPP/Jabber and this port isn't opened the Bonjour rule i suspect not). There is probably no need to open this port.
Port 5298. I believe this is used for message exchange via Bonjour. If you're not planning on using Bonjour you shouldn't need to open it.
Anyway, after this long rambling post the conclusion is:
So long as you haven't blocked UDP traffic in the Advanced section of your Mac OS X firewall you shouldn't need to open up any ports for iChat to work (on your Mac anyway. Gateway/router is another story).
If you have blocked UDP you will need to open the following:
UDP: 5060, 5190, 5297, 5298, 5353, 5678, 16384-16403
No TCP ports should need to be opened.
Forwarding the above UDP ports to your machine on your gateway or router should enable things to work perfectly.

WRT54GS - MAC Address Filter & Firewall SPI

Hi,
I just purchased a WRT54GS V 6 wireless router. I updated the firmware to the latest (May 30) and the set up seems to be OK. Using the security recommendations in the manual as a guide, I implemented them - the turn off SSID, and the others.
IF I try to filter the MAC addresses (accept only those on the list) for my wife's Sony VAIO VGN - S260 laptop, it can see the network but will not connect. When I turn off the MAC filtering, it is fine. I used the WPA2 personal encryption, and input the passphrase into both router and computer.
My other issue is the firewall Statefull Packet Inspection (SPI). On the Security set up screen, firewall tab - I have the four radio button settings that I am supposed to (Block WAN request, filter Multicast, Filter NAT, & Filter IDENT), however, I do NOT have the option to turn on the firewall (SPI) above the 4 radio buttons - that setting is totally missing from the set up screen. Reference Page 28 of the manual.
I would appreciate any help or suggestions, as I could not find any ideas searching the forum. Thanks for your help
Message Edited by donh127 on 08-07-2006 07:00 PM

Hi. Is your Mac mini loaded with the OSX server edition or OSX consumer edition? I am not 100% sure but I think you need a server edition to do that.

CSS VIPs use old MAC address after firewall failover

We have our CSS load balancers behind our firewalls in a DMZ and when the firewall fails over the physical interface changes the MAC address to the new address of the now active firewall but the VIP's do not and all traffic to those VIPs are broken. Has anyone experienced an issue like this before? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.

I understand you have CSS load balancers behind firewalls in a DMZ, could you clarify what interface changes the MAC address to the new address of the now active firewall after firewall failover? are you expecting VIPS failing over too?
If firewall failed over, depends on types of firewall, for some firewall, mac will change, new Active Firewall sends a 'gratituous' arp which makes the neighboring devices to save the new mac address of the Active firewall with the ip address. It seems to be your case. If for some reason, that is not happening (gratituous arp missing), it could cause issues like VIPS on CSS broken.
The failover of the firewall should be transparent to CSS VIPS. Did you take a capture to see what is happening? did CSS receive requests properly? is CSS load balance to server properly?
If you require CSS failover when firewall failover, then you can define critical service (layer 3) or critical physical interface(layer 2), and if that detect link to firewall down, then it could fail over.

Mac OS X firewall and Java.

Hello,
1) I am using the built in firewall 10.5.8, and I was wondering what functionality I will lose if I select "Block Incoming Connections" for "java".
2) If "Block Incoming Connections" is selected, for a specific program (java), does that mean that the program (java) will not respond to connections that the program itself opens? I guess I am asking if the software firewall is a NAT/SPI based firewall.
3) The icon to the left of "java" looks weird to me. Is is everyone else seeing the same icon? Here is a link to the image: http://gallery.me.com/zap1313#100057/firewall&bgcolor=black
Thanks

1) I am using the built in firewall 10.5.8, and I was wondering what functionality I will lose if I select "Block Incoming Connections" for "java".
That depends on what Java applications you're running.
2) If "Block Incoming Connections" is selected, for a specific program (java), does that mean that the program (java) will not respond to connections that the program itself opens?
It has no effect on outgoing connections initiated by the application.
3) The icon to the left of "java" looks weird to me. Is is everyone else seeing the same icon? Here is a link to the image: http://gallery.me.com/zap1313#100057/firewall&bgcolor=black
The icon looks normal to me. Java isn't a typical double-clickable application, so it appears as the generic console application icon.

Mac firewall security flaw in Adobe CS3

Security experts are warning of an issue within Adobe CS3's Version Cue application which can disable a Mac's built-in firewall.
An alert from the experts at Secunia warns that Adobe Version Cue disables a Mac's firewall when it is installed. It does so in order to set certain ports up for "controlled access through the firewall", the experts said.
The probelm is that the installer doesn't re-enable the firewall once installation is complete, leaving certain system services vulnerable to attacks.
The security issue is reported in Adobe Version Cue CS3 Server, installed as part of Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium, Design Standard, Web Premium, or Web Standard editions, Secunia explains.
There is a simple fix to the flaw, which is rated as "less critical" – users simply need to re-enable their Mac OS X firewall in System Preferences once installation is complete.
http://www.macworld.co.uk/procreative/news/index.cfm?newsid=18066&pagtype=allcha ndate
I'm rather surprised that an application can simply turn off the firewall without any red flags to the user.
Any comments?

..."From a user perspective, I did give authorization to install the software - I did not give authorization to turn the firewall off and keep it off."...
That's the thing though - you may not think you gave it authorization to modify the firewall, but by providing an "admin" password, you actually did. It is a matter of education, but users must be made to recognize that inputing an "admin" password is giving the process that asked for it carte blanche powers. Such an arrangement seems to be fairly typical in personal computing. Installers that use Apple's installer do sometimes break things down a little and providing a bit of detail to what right is being requested, but from what I recall, Adobe uses something else.
..."Apple should probably have provided some safety net. After all, we are talking "firewall" here, not just some preference setting. "...
I guess it's beside the point but in this case, this installer legitimately needed to modify firewall settings - you told it to install a type of server. It just happened that, there was a bug so it didn't restore the firewall after it was done. How does the system know that you didn't really want to turn off the firewall? Considering the diverse functions software can perform, it would probably be overly intrusive for the OS to try to second guess a programme every time it tried to do something. Changing any sort of user preference setting would not have required a password at all. If a programme asks for your "admin" password, that is the tip off that it intends to make changes to the system. The requirement for a password is actually a huge "safety net".
With anything related to security, there's always a compromise between security and convenience. The presumption is that as the "admin", you are a person with authority over the computer and have some level of trust in the software you are about to install. If you think about it, compared to the alternative, the current arrangement saves you from having to click "Cancel" or "Allow" for every single file that the installer is going to create, or approve every individual port it wanted to open in the firewall (keeping in mind you are installing some sort of server), and in particular, from learning the ins and outs of every detail of the guts of OS X so you fully understand what it is that you are agreeing to. Now if it turns out that your trust in Adobe's intent or competence were misplaced, the result will unfortunately be the occasional problem like this one.
..."I wonder what happens if changes to the firewall are locked? Can a software install just override this without any authorization?"...
With your "admin" password, yes. Files can be locked in certain ways where an installer or other process wouldn't be able to modify them, but as far as simply turning off the firewall, I don't think you could prevent something with authorization from your "admin" password from doing so.

Mac OS X keeps asking for firewall permissions

Hi there,
I use Flash Builder 4 Premium with Mac OS X 10.6.4 and every time I start FB, a
popup ask if I allow FB to get incoming connections. It is okay to ask once (I configured
the firewall to do so), but the answer should be remembered. Every other application
do, even Lotus Notes (also a eclipse based application) - only FB is every time asked.
   Does anybody know, how to fix this?
      Greetings,
      Gregor Féng
PS: Sorry for the horrible english ... (^_^)

I've been having this problem as well, but I've figured out the cause (on my machine, at least) — the signature on the Flash Builder application is invalid. If an application with an invalid signature listens for incoming network connections, the Mac OS X firewall will prompt for permission every time the application launches.
You can check for this yourself using the codesign command-line utility. I was having the same problem with iTunes, and found a support discussion that says you can fix it by reinstalling iTunes (so that its signature still matches the application). Here's what codesign says about iTunes now that I've done just that:
codesign -vv /Applications/iTunes.app
/Applications/iTunes.app: valid on disk
/Applications/iTunes.app: satisfies its Designated Requirement
Here's what codesign says about Flash Builder on my machine:
codesign -vv /Applications/Adobe\ Flash\ Builder\ 4/Adobe\ Flash\ Builder\ 4.app
/Applications/Adobe Flash Builder 4/Adobe Flash Builder 4.app: a sealed resource is missing or invalid
/Applications/Adobe Flash Builder 4/Adobe Flash Builder 4.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Flash Builder 4.ini: resource modified
I'm going to try reinstalling Flash Builder, to see if that fixes it (and if it stays fixed).
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Firewall - Configuration/GUI of the Mac OS X 10.6 / 10.7 Firewall

First I would like to thank Apple
for making the Mac OS X operating system.
And thank you for the Lion update coming soon.
We properbly all are waiting to get the
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion update.
I have seen the full feature list of Lion:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/whats-new/features.html
All the great new innovation and apps is great stuff.
But I came to wonder about one thing though.
The internet apps like:
FaceTime, iCloud, iChat, AirDrop etc.
They more or less all requires custom ports on different
protocols to be opened and configurated.
Even the SIP for Facetime has to be enabled etc.
Like the FaceTime Firewall ports here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4245
In the full feature list page of Mac OS X Lion
there is not listed anything about the Mac OS X Lion Firewall!
In Snow Leopard we can't configurate the Firewall with
custom ports and protocols etc.
Everybody refer to the Hanynet NoobProof and WaterRoof
firewall apps. I'm using the NoobProof my self right now.
http://www.hanynet.com
But I think the Mac OS X Snow Leopard and Lion could do with a
much better and way more easier firewall GUI to be able to
configurate ports and protocols and firewall rules and even NAT.
Isn't the Mac OS X about doing it the easy way!
I think a Firewall in Mac OS X with only a On and Off button (more or less)
wont cut it any longer!
For people not knowing about Firewall its OK to have an On/Off button,
but for the user that know about firewall, ports and protocols
it would be great to have a button to go in an be able to configurate
making rules and opening ports on specific protocols and doing NAT etc.
The Mac OS X Firewall GUI created by Bryan Hill called
"Brickhouse" and now called "Flying Buttress"
updated last in 2005!
(Which I could NOT get to work in Snow Leopard)
it had a very good and easy
to use Graphical User Interface. (GUI).
See it here:
http://www.securemac.com/firewallsecurityshareware.php
Why isn't there any like that for the present Mac OS X????
Anybody know anything that will help in that direction???
Anybody know a nicer firewall GUI or App for
Snow Leopard / Lion ???
Please comment here.
Best regards
Jesper
from Denmark.

Thank you very much for responding to my thread Thomas and roam.
Wheter it is a question to run a firewall on Mac OS X or not,
is not my question. And thank you, but I do know the difference between a
GUI for the Mac OS X built in firewall and a 3rd party stand alone firewall.
If I and properbly many other Mac OS X users choose to run with a firewall,
many of us would like to be able to configurate as WE want it to be.
Many users have special needs that require speciel configuration of the firewall.
There are other things than Apple network technologies you know!
Running a firewall or not. There is Pro's and Con's on both. It's a free choise right. I respect both.
I have 8 CPU cores and 16 threads on my Mac Pro, so I think my Mac can handle a running firewall!
"Better safe, than sorry!" As they say "Over there".
;o)
Apple has chosen to make a firewall in
Mac OS X, then there must be a reason why it is there.
And besides that.
I would bet that, the more popular the
Mac computers gets in the future and the more marketshare
the Mac computers get over the hopeless Windows platform.
The more hackers will be interesting in hacking the Mac OS X.
So a firewall would be something to consider the more Apple has success.
I think that is quite logical.
I'm sure there is almost as many undiscovered security holes in UNIX
as there is on the Windows platform. It is just a question of time
before the hackers will point their weapons against the Mac OS X.
So let me explain a bit more precise what I need…
I'm used to configurate lots of hardware Routers with Firewalls. Doing things like creating firewall rules, opening ports on specific protocols, WAN-to-LAN and LAN-to-WAN, NAT IP redirection, enabling SIP, content filtering, wireless accesspoints with encryption and MAC Address filtering, creating VPN tunnels, setting up Remote Desktop on Windows and Mac computers for Terminal Servers etc.
I'm also administrating FTP servers and NAS harddisks.
All that is always being configurated in a nice intuitive user interface via my web browser. Wheter it is a Router, NAS disk etc. THATS WHAT I WANT with the Firewall in Mac OS X. An "intuitive graphical user inteface" where I easily can configurate the Mac OS X firewall or a stand-alone firewall for that matter.
Yes I self use on my Mac Pro the Hanynet NoobProof firewall GUI right now.
But both the Hanynet firewall GUI's are crap. Lets face it!
They work yes! But the User Interface is NOT Mac OS X standard right!!!
If you pair the user interfaces with standard unser interfaces of a normal end-user Gateway Router with Firewall. Like ZyXEL, NetGear etc.
The Hanynet NoobProof don't have the feature to
choose ports on specific protocols.
With Apple FaceTime there are ports on both the
TCP and UDP protocols that has to be open for communication.
On the other side the Hanynet WaterRoof GUI
I know that it has the features to configurate ports on specific protocols but!
The User Interface is waaaaaaaay too complex and is anything else than intuitive!
I can't find ether head or tale in WaterRoof GUI!!! Completely Lawsy Interface. It is SO non Mac like!
(it needs a interface designer like myself)
I mean, "The Mac" and Mac OS X is all about doing things the "EASY, Nice and Intuitive Way" right!
I can't be that I'm the only one in the world that need a better and faster configuration of the Mac OS X firewall, can it?! There must be hundred thousands of other Mac OS X users with the same wish.
I know I'm a "designer", not a "programmer".
The only thing I program is HTML, CSS and DVD Video titles.
So with all due respect.
*** The question is…
Does anybody know a Firewall GUI or stand alone firewall for Mac OS X Snow Leopard/Lion that are easier than Hanynets????????????????
=========
If I was an Apple employed that delt with Mac OS X security.
I would make the Mac OS X firewall user interface different.
Top level choise could be: ON, OFF and CUSTOM.
So people with non knowledge of firewalls could just choose ON or OFF
to their liking. And leaving the choise for people that would like
to customize the firewall settings with the "Custom" button.
And there after a nice intuitive graphical user interface
to make all sorts of custom settings JUST like on a Gateway Router with built in firewall.
A firewall like that could not hurt anybody could it???!!!
It's MY Mac, I want to rule over MY firewall.
I like the Mac OS X very much, I think it is absolutely brilliant,
but the Firewall settings is NO GOOD for custom firewall configurations.
Apple has to pay attention to it, the sooner the better.
Please feel free to comment.
Best regards
Jesper
Denmark.

Blocked Incoming FTP from Mac OS X Server Via The Mac Client Firewall

This problem began with Mac OS X Tiger's firewall and lives on in 10.6.2.
Situation:
Anyone with Tiger through Snow Leopard connects to my Mac OS X Server, v10.3. They have 'Passive Mode' OFF in their FTP client. They are 100% successful logging in. Their FTP client sends the LIST command and the server successfully responds with the list data.
But the data can't get into the client's Mac. Why? The Mac OS X firewall BLOCKS IT.
The solution? Nothing sane! You have to turn the Mac OS X firewall OFF. There is NO OTHER SOLUTION.
All the settings on the client machine are perfect. I've been over them a hundred times over the years, tried every single combination possible. So please don't ask or I may bite you.
What's going on: Mac OS X Server 10.3, despite never accepting Passive Mode, sends the LIST data to all client computers in, you guessed it, Passive Mode. The Mac OS X firewall will NOT accept Passive Mode. Result: Catch 22. You can't do it. You are screwed.
Oh, but you could open all the Passive Mode ports in the firewall, and that would work? Be my guest. No way am I going to suggest that horror of a workaround to the hundreds of Mac clients I have accessing my Mac OS X Server.
So Apple, FIX THIS. Integrate FTP Passive Mode into the Mac OS X firewall already!!!

Ok. I was doing something a bit silly. I had the network user and the local user with the same short name. So when they were looked up the local user got preference. So I've fixed all that and am moving huge amounts of data across my humble 802.11g network now. Will have to leave it for a few hours.

Firewall is blocking SSH when it shouldn't be

I had a [problem with SSH|http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1990417&tstart=0] on my iMac not long ago where SSH was being blocked by the Leopard firewall, even though it is configured to allow it through. I have the firewall configured as "Set access for specific services and applications" and "Remote Login (SSH)" appears on the list automatically since Remote Login is enabled on the Sharing tab of System Prefs.
The first time I had the problem I solved the problem by turning off the Leopard firewall ("allow all incoming") and then turning it back on again (in "specific services" mode). I thought it was just a one time glitch being the first time I'd ever tried getting SSH to work. After that it worked great until restarting my iMac yesterday when the firewall started blocking SSH again. Once again, turning off the firewall and then turning it back on again resolved the problem.
Any ideas? Anyone had similar problems?

Most routers thesedays even consumer routers have a stateful packet inspection firewall and also NAT.
With NAT unless you specifically open ports from the router to your mac then the outside world cannot access any of the services on your mac.
If you want to use SSH from the outside world then you would have to portforward tcp port 22 from the router to your mac. But this is not a problem if you use a strong password eg not a dictionary word or name or better still you can turn off password authentication in your ssh configuration and use public key access only.
So if you have not opened up ports on the router then your application firewall is only preventing access from other computers on your local network.
Call me paranoid, but I don't know anything about how solid the router firewall is, whereas I have much more confidence in the OS X firewall.
If you are savvy enough to know about and how to use SSH then it should be really easy for you to find out how good your router's firewall is. Understanding a router's web interface is far less demanding than learning how to use SSH.
In most cases you simply put the router's IP address into your web browser and you can see all of its services.
But something you should be aware of it is not really incoming connections you should be concerned about. It is outgoing connections that require more control.
For example if you were socially engineered by a website or elsewhere and they convinced you to install a trojan or spyware on your mac then your Mac's Application firewall would not stop these processes dialing out.
Little Snitch from obdev is an application aware firewall that controls your outgoing connections and is far more useful than the mac's application firewall on a desktop computer behind a router.
Apart from that, I'd really like to understand what's going on!
Did you try nerowolfe's suggestion of creating a test user account and login in as that user and see if the problem is still there?

My mac mini will connect via airport but not via ethernet.

I have had a mac mini for several months which I connect via ethernet because it is in a part of my house where the wireless signal is poor. I changed ISP and now I can connect to the router wirelessly but not via ethernet. This doesn't seem to be a problem with the network as the connection works when I connect it to my mac book. Firewall is turned off. There were no major changes to the router settings other than changing the ISP login codes.
Any ideas? Is this a configuration issue or a hardware problem?

Hi Mick,
If your router only supports 10/100 ethernet then it is possible that the auto-detect feature is not working properly to adjust to that speed. The mini has a Gigabit ethernet port. The OS by default sets the port to automatically negotiate the rate but it does not always work and the result is the problem you are having.
To fix it you wlll have to manually set the rate to 100.
To do this, open your system preferences, Select Network. Highlight the ethernet port on the sidebar, click the advanced button. Click on the Ethernet Tab, set the configure pop-up menu item to 100baseTX and click the ok button. If all works out you should see that the Ethernet port icon should turn green.
Hope this helps.

Major instability with Network Magic for Mac

First of all, I'm a long time LELA user which has been great for quickly gaining an understanding of what is connected to the network. I like being able to see both connected and disconnected devices.
I thought I would give Network Magic a shot since that is where the future direction is headed. It has great potential but right now is a major pain in the rear. I have a rather large home network with roughly 15 devices connected or disconnected at any given time. At first the network map worked like LELA in that it would show all devices disconnect or connected. I have two Mac laptops that have different IP and MAC addressses depending on whether they are connected via wired or wireless.
After installing the Mac client on both Mac laptops that's when the frustration began. It seems that with the Mac client software running on both Macs NM5.5 only wants to recognize one on the map at a time. Every few minutes I get an alert that a new device has been detected. But what really happens is the existing laptop drops off the map and the other will pop on. On the Mac itself it automatically triggers the Network Magic screen to popup which is a major annoyance. A few minutes will go by and then the process repeats itself. This laptop will drop of the network map and the other will pop back on. Again, this pops up the Network Magic window on the 2nd laptop which is an annoyance.
Furthermore, when one laptop drops off the... printers that are shared from another Windows PC are no longer available and accessible on the Mac. Rest assured... waiting another few minutes the process will repeat itself.
The other major downside is after installing the Mac clients the network map only shows the name of the Mac laptop and is always recognized as one device regardless of IP or MAC address. I no longer have two seperate IP/MAC devices showing on the map depending on whether it is a wired or wireless connection. I cannot look at the map and quickly know whether the device is connected via wire or wireless. Thus when I print a hard copy of all my network devices and settings I dont' get to see the MAC address and details for the non-connected MAC/IP.
Finally, the Mac client does not have the ability to "generate daily computer reports" of the usage.
At this point I am forced to uninstall the Mac clients until a solution for this problem is provided. I'm glad I checked out the trial version first!

Also for the Linksys folks... I'm not sure how all of the below information is relevant but if it gets you to resolve the problems and add the necessary features then great:
Your Network Magic Version installed: 5.59195
The type of connection to the Internet: Cable
The Brand of Modem and its Model Number the router is connected to: Some Toshiba POS from Time Warner
The Brand, Model, Hardware Revision of your Router and include the Firmware Version: WRT310N with firmware 1.0.07
The Method of connection your problem computer has to the Router: Both wired and/or wireless
The Connection in use on the problem computer: Both an Ethernet port and the wireless N adapter in a MacBook Pro 17" Unibody and a Macbook 13" Core2Duo
Operating system and version and Service Pack Level, if any.Vista on the main Windows machine and OSX Snow Leopard Developer Preview (OSX 10.6) on both Mac laptops
Software Firewall in use: None
Also if any Anti-Virus Program or Spyware Program: None
Include your location in the post or fill out your Profile for this forum and include the location. Kansas City, MO , USA
Post the link to your Router Model: Linksys WRT310N
Network Topology is as follows:
NETWORKING GEAR
Main Gateway: Linksys WRT310N in Wireless N Mode only using WPA2 AES security on channel 1
Additional Router: Linksys WRT54G v5 with latest firmware running in Mixed Mode B/G with WPA Personal security on channel 11
Access Point: WAP54G v3 (I think) running in Mixed Mode B/G with WPA Personal security on channel 11 (several floors below the WRT54G setup in repeater mode connecting wirelessly only
NAS GEAR
Netgear ReadyNAS NV+
PRINTING GEAR
Linksys WPS54G Wireless G Printer Sever (hands down the worst piece of equipment manufactured by Linksys, the wireless part doesn't even work so I run it wired). HP LaserJet 1200 is attached to it
HP Photosmart All in One C6150 connected via the wireless G WRT54G router
HP Photosmart 370 (Shared via main Windows desktop)
HP Photosmart 8750 (Shared via main Windows desktop)
GAMING CONSOLES
XBOX 360 (connected via the Wireless G Network: WRT54G and WAP54G)
Wii (connected via the Wireless G Network: WRT54G and WAP54G)
MOBILE DEVICES
2 iPhones via wireless G network (WRT54G and WAP54G)
COMPUTERS
Windows Desktop running Vista SP1. This is where the main version of Network Magic 5.5 runs and is wired into the network
17" MacBook Pro Unibody via wired or wireless depending on location. Wireless connects ONLY to the WRT310N in N mode
13" MacBook Core 2 Duo via wired or wireless depending on location. Wireless connects ONLY to the WRT310N in N mode

Should I use TWO firewalls at the same time? (Router + Maci's SystemUtility

I tried to search for answers if it would be good or bad to establish a "double-firewall".
Via Google I found a lot on PC's but nothing on Macintosh + Router. I personally feel that having a router with its own firewall + LittleSnitch + FireFox with WOT and NoScript is already sufficient. And my concern is that by activating Mac's own firewall on top I would contribute to confusion.

You only need one firewall.

X11 forwarding from mac to windows laptop doesn't work

Hi,
I ssh into my mac computer from my windows laptop. However, the x11 forwarding is not working (ie, the x window is not forwarded to my laptop). I'm pretty sure this is a problem with the mac and not my laptop, because if I ssh into a unix machine the x window forwarding to my laptop works fine. Does anyone know how to get the x11 forwarding to work?
thanks
Beth

beth23 wrote:
I'm trying to forward the windows from xemacs and gnuplot.
What happens when you try to run them? Do you get any kind of error message? Have you tried just xterm?
Is it possible you have DISPLAY set to something on the Mac side?
Currently I am using putty to connect to the mac via ssh (and have the enable X windows forwarding box checked), and I have Xming running on my laptop to display the x windows. This setup works fine for connecting to unix machines, but it doesn't work for connecting to the mac.
Does the Mac have the firewall turned on?

Mac OS X Firewall

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