I got my stuff working by uninstalling Avast using only its own
uninstall routine initiated from the Windows programs listing.
I'm glad, in a way, that I'm not the only one who found this a problem
-- but as a new Avast user I had no history prior to it screwing things
up.
R.
LMS on a
Update. Uninstalled Avast (completely using awsclear) and turned
windows firewall back on, and all squeeze devices can connect to LMS.
It appears that the recent security update to Avast Free 18.6.xxx on
10/10/2018 appears to have initiated the issues.
Avast "Free" does not have any firewall
I would like to add to this thread.
Long time Squeezebox and Avast "Free" user without issues.
I updated Avast "Free" yesterday and now none of my Squeezebox devices
(2 touch and 1 boom) can access LMS. Disabling Avast does not help,
disabling windows firewall does allow the devices to
Yep, it was Avast. I uninstalled it (it's a free program so no problem)
and the problem was over.
I looked around Avast and couldn't find any settings that might have
resolved a firewall situation. I'll leave it off, and maybe install
Norton -- I'm waiting a couple of weeks until my
I don't know about Avast in particular, but there is a good chance that
it has a built-in firewall that prevents external systems making a
connection to "ports" that LMS is listening on.
Try temporarily disabling it - and if that resolves it then you will
have to work out how to tell it to allow
Hi there,
I just upgraded my LMS installation on my music server to 7.9.2. All
seemed well, LMS is running on the server and I can access the music
files from the web control on the server.
As well, the Win 7 computer on which LMS is installed is visible to the
network, and I can access it
