Chapter 5: Sonos Controller for PC
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Norton Personal Firewall
The Norton Personal Firewall is fully compatible with the Sonos Multi-Room Music
System. Follow the steps below to configure your firewall:
1. Make sure the Sonos Controller for PC is allowed full access on all ports (when
asked) by selecting Always allow connections in this program on all ports.
2. Select Permit from the What do you want to do drop-down when sonos.exe
attempts to access the Internet.
3. Allow sonos.exe to connect to a DNS server by selecting Always allow
connections in this program on all ports.
4. From the Firewall tab, select a firewall level. The Sonos Multi-Room Music
System is compatible with any Internet Security setting you choose, from High
to Off.
5. From the Programs tab, make sure that sonos.exe is set to Permit All.
For Professional Firewall users, all of the following settings must be changed on the
Advanced selections screen:
•Scroll to Default Inbound Net BIOS Name, click Modify, click Permit, then
click OK.
•Scroll to Default Block MS Windows Vista SMB, click Modify, click Permit,
then click OK.
•Scroll to Block Windows File Sharing, click Modify, click Permit, then click
OK.
•Scroll to Inbound UDP, click Modify, click Permit, then click OK.
•Click OK to exit the Advanced Firewall selections screen.
Note: The Sonos Multi-Room Music System will NOT function correctly if
‘Block Traffic’ is enabled.
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