Adding a firewall exception for DLM Dashboard
Published 13 March 2015
If you can't access DLM Dashboard on a different machine to the one it's installed on, it may be because there's a firewall in the way.
To add a firewall exception for the DLM Dashboard port to allow connections from outside:
For Windows 7
- On the machine that DLM Dashboard is installed on, open Windows Firewall with Advanced Security:
- In the Search programs and files box in the Start menu, enter Firewall, then select Windows Firewall with Advanced Security - or,
- Open the Control Panel, select System and Security then Windows Firewall then Advanced settings.
- On the left, click Inbound Rules.
- Under Actions on the right, click New Rule.
- Select Port as the type of rule you want to create, then click Next.
- Choose TCP as the port type, then under Specific local ports, enter the DLM Dashboard port number (by default, 19528).
Then, click Next. - Select Allow the connection, then click Next.
- Select the type of profile to apply the rule to, then click Next.
- Enter a name to identify this exception, for example DLM Dashboard access.
- Click Finish.
For XP, Vista and Windows Server 2003 and 2008
- Open the Control Panel.
- Go to Security Center and click Windows Firewall.
- Click Change settings.
- Under Exceptions, click Add port.
- Enter a name and the DLM Dashboard port number (by default, 19528).
- Click OK.