The default settings on the firewall are to block all incoming connection and allow all outgoing. My laptop and my android tablet are connected to my wireless home network, and i have some apps on my tablet which i need to connect to my laptop. How to create firewall rule which will allow all connections from the tablet ip address?
Normally there is a setting to allow trafifc on the local subnet
There are a number of parameters that need to be setup to allow communication between Android and PC this can be done manually within windows but you would need to know the data types and the Port s that are to be used.
It may be simpler to use a 3rd party solution - One such is Airdroid that is free, (with some limitations), that will do all the work for you
You need an app on your tablet and either a small app on the PC or you can use a web based solution on the PC
Take a look here ... Home | AirDroid
I want to do this without installing any application on my laptop.I just want to know if i can create a rule that will allow incoming connection from specific ip address and block all other incoming connection. For example, i have Total Commander app wiht LAN plugin on my tablet and if i want to connect to my laptop i have to allow all incoming connection, and i don't want to do that. I want to block all incoming connections and create rules only for connections from specific ip addresses.
the CMD command
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow from 192.0.55.55" dir=in action=allow protocol=ANY remoteip=192.0.55.55
will allow all inbound traffic from 192.0.55.55
I assume you could also do this by adding a new rule in windows firewall advanced settings in the control panel gui
You should also go into your router and make sure to set your inbound device to a static address (192.0.55.55 in the above example), otherwise it won't always have the same address and will not be able to get in
Last edited by johnhoh; 09 Jan 2019 at 15:51.
You don't state the firewall is it windows or third party?
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