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Allow access to a game console

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This article applies only to the Smoothwall On-Premise Appliance, not to our Cloud products.

 

Game consoles use a large number of ports to connect to online services. By default, Smoothwall blocks these ports. This article explains how to allow access to game consoles.

Step 1: Web Filter Policies

Create a Web Filter policy to Allow the game console’s category (for example, the Xbox category).

Step 2: Firewall rules

  1. Create a Service Object for TCP&UDP from Network > Settings > Service object manager.
  2. Add the ports outlined in the game console provider’s documentation:
  3. Create a Firewall Rule to Accept communication from items in the Service Object.

Step 3: Authentication Exceptions

To prevent the game console from spamming requests to a login page, add an Authentication Exception for the game console's category.

Step 4: HTTPS Inspection

Because you can’t install the Smoothwall certificate onto game consoles, you need to bypass HTTPS inspection for the game console to work on your network. Create a HTTPS Inspection policy to Do not inspect the game console’s category.