iFunPix and Firewalls

Some iFunPix users might experience problems connecting to iFunPix network due to installed firewall on their computer. iFunPix should work with any firewall and router hardware/software.

iFunPix needs unrestricted outgoing TCP connections to some TCP ports. If you fail to connect to iFunPix network, it is likely that your firewall is blocking these and you need to open up some outgoing TCP connections. Note that this is mostly about outgoing connections, not incoming connections. In most firewalls, you have to specify a destination port or port range to open.

• Open up outgoing TCP connections to port 80. Some firewalls restrict traffic to port 80 to HTTP protocol and that's ok since iFunPix is using port 80 for HTTP traffic only.
• Open up outgoing TCP connections to port 443. (used to connect to iFunPix proxy servers).
• Open up incoming TCP connections to port 18121. Note that opening this port is important if you are accessing computers/friends on the same local network especially if you are accessing big files like music and videos.
• Please use our comments form to report in details all the instances when you have experienced a problem with iFunPix and a firewall.

Learn how to set major firewalls to allow iFunPix to run:

Windows XP SP2 Firewall

• Click Start, Click Control Panel, double click Windows Firewall
• In the General tab, check if you have "Don't allow exceptions" box checked in. if it is then check it off.
• Test iFunPix now.

Norton Personal Firewall

• Open Norton Internet Security and click on 'Personal Firewall' then click on 'Configure' button.
• Click on 'Programs' tab.
• In the 'Programs' window find FunPixApp.exe, select the line and click on 'Internet Access'. Select 'Permit All' from the menu.
• In the 'Programs' window find FunPixService.exe, select the line and click on 'Internet Access'. Select 'Permit All' from the menu.
• Click 'OK' and test iFunPix now.

Zone Alarm Pro

• Open Zone Alarm Pro and click on 'Program Control'.
• Select the 'Programs' tab, if it wasn't selected already.
• Select the line containing FunPixApp.exe and then right-click under Server:Trusted to open the options menu. Set the option to 'Allow'. There should be four green checkmarks displayed on the left and one red 'X' (for 'Send Mail') displayed on the right.
• Select the line containing FunPixService.exe and then right-click under Server:Trusted to open the options menu. Set the option to 'Allow'. There should be four green checkmarks displayed on the left and one red 'X' (for 'Send Mail') displayed on the right.
• Close the Zone Alarm configuration window and test iFunPix now.

McAfee Firewall Pro

• Open McAfee Security Center and click on 'Personal Firewall' tab.
• Find the 'View the Internet Applications List' link and click on it. A new window will open.
• Click on the line containing FunPixApp.exe to select it. Click 'Allow Full Access' for all available options.
• Click on the line containing FunPixService.exe to select it. Click 'Allow Full Access' for all available options.
• Close McAfee Firewall and test iFunPix now.