1 edit | Gmote and OS X Lion Firewall I use Gmote on my Android devices to control my computer remotely from my phone or tablet if I'm lounging on the couch (for example). Used to work perfectly when I was on Leopard, but I noticed that after upgrading to Lion, it seems I am not able to connect and control my Mac anymore due to the firewall. I tried disabling the firewall temporarily to see if it woudl work, and it did, but once the firewall is back up, it won't allow that connection to go through. How do I rectify this?
A second question is that applications that I occasionally have accepting incoming connection (ie. Vuze, etc.) now keep prompting me every time I start them up and asking me if I want to allow incoming connection. Never did that under Leopard, but is now doing so under Lion. I want to be able to white list these applications in order to not be prompted every time I start those programs. How to I allow applications that I want to accept incoming connections, to so do without always being prompted?
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| Re: Gmote and OSX Firewall Both should be solvable in the advanced settings window of the firewall tab in the security system prefs pane.
Remove the line for every app that is giving you prompts every time. Now, hit the + and then add them all back in 1-by-1. That will keep them from prompting every time. You should also + and add Gmote's mac-based component, which should open a hole in the firewall for it.
Unless you specifically add an exception for an unsigned piece of software, it appears it will prompt you every time. I was having this problem with keynote, but solved it by removing the exception and then manually adding it.
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| Thanks. Did it but still won't work with Gmote. With the firewall off, it works perfectly. With the firewall on, nothing. 
Don't even see the Gmote Mac-based component in the Applications folder to be able to add it. I used the search function and added that (not sure if that was the correct one), but it still didn't work with my firewall turned on.
Also manually added Vuze and the next time I loaded it up I still got prompted asking me if I wanted to allow incoming connections from this application.
What now? 
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Re: Gmote and OS X Lion Firewall .:Bump:.
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I don't know what to tell you about apps continuously asking for permission. The instructions I gave you fixed my problem with Keynote, but maybe we actually have different problems with the same symptoms.
With respect to Gmote, you have to figure out where the program that is running as the server is located, and add it. It may not be in /Applications. I did a quick google search and didn't find it, but someone, somewhere must know. If Gmote has their own support servers, that's where I'd ask.
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 ThinkdiffPremium,MVM
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Gmote is not using Apple's standard for telling the OS what ports are required.
Do you have to run a firewall? I assume you're behind a NAT router - if that's the case, the firewall isn't doing a whole lot except blocking some outbound connections.
The ports Gmote uses are on their website. You'd have to use ipfw to add them manually or a firewall GUI like WaterRoof to add the rules.
Gmote needs ports 8889 and 9901.
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| How do i do that with the Mac's firewall? |
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kudos:4 | As I suggested, you'll have to use "ipfw" in Terminal to manually add the rules. Might be able to search google on the correct syntax for Lion. I won't have a chance to give you exact commands for awhile. Maybe somebody else will.
Or you can use a ipfw GUI (I linked to WaterRoof). Should come with some guide on opening ports or at least be somewhat straight forward.
Or, turn off the firewall.
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The terminal commands are far more powerful than the system pref pane is. The problem is they are tricky and you can easily misconfigure things using them. I would just disable the firewall.
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| Don't want to disable the firewall. It's there for a reason and I want the protection. |
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| said by Alpha Phoenix:Don't want to disable the firewall. It's there for a reason and I want the protection.
I am behind a router for both of my Macs and my PC. I don't use the built-in or any software Firewall on any of my machines. I don't feel the need to. Also, Lion comes with the Firewall 'off' by default. I have talked to others more knowledgable than me, and they have agreed.
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