Avast prevents connectify and WiFi A.P. app even when all connections allowed

system · 2016-12-10T22:07:39.000Z

I dont know what else to do except to uninstall Avast Firewall… I installed Connectify and I also have a pocket wifi ap USB adapter and they both work only when firewall is completely disabled.

I did try to add the files from the program files as exceptions and I did set all connections for these 2 apps to be allowed, and still, it oly works when I completely disable it! There must be something wrong with the firewall settings or I might be missing something?

Eddy · 2016-12-10T22:12:50.000Z

Why using Connectify ?
Doesn’t your modem/router has WiFi ?

system · 2016-12-10T23:53:58.000Z

I dont have one, I am using qa wifi antenna to connect to a network, and I wanted to forward this connection to a smartphone and tablet that I have in my apartment, so I bought this mini USB Wifi A.P. adapter to do that, and it only works when the firewall is disabled, in the meantime I found out about Connectify so I used the antenna that receives the wifi to also emmit the received signal, but it also only works when the firewall is disabled, I don’t know how safe it would be to leave it without the firewall, and I really need to forward the connection…

system · 2016-12-10T23:59:15.000Z

I did try to add the files from the program files as exceptions and I did set all connections for these 2 apps to be allowed, and still, it oly works when I completely disable it! There must be something wrong with the firewall settings or I might be missing something?

I tried Connectify about a year ago and had some issues getting it to connect. The link below may help.

http://support.connectify.me/article/7-how-do-i-configure-my-firewall-to-work-with-hotspot

Regards.

Eddy · 2016-12-11T10:21:10.000Z

https://www.avast.com/faq.php?article=AVKB25
Check the firewall’s log file and see what part of connectivity is blocked.
Next, set the appropiate rule for it.

system · 2016-12-11T15:15:39.000Z

VB30 post:4:

I did try to add the files from the program files as exceptions and I did set all connections for these 2 apps to be allowed, and still, it oly works when I completely disable it! There must be something wrong with the firewall settings or I might be missing something?
I tried Connectify about a year ago and had some issues getting it to connect. The link below may help. http://support.connectify.me/article/7-how-do-i-configure-my-firewall-to-work-with-hotspot Regards.

I already tried to do what is said in this article, but this part is quite confusing to me and I couldn’t manage to work it out:

system · 2016-12-11T15:18:21.000Z

Eddy post:5:

https://www.avast.com/faq.php?article=AVKB25
Check the firewall’s log file and see what part of connectivity is blocked.
Next, set the appropiate rule for it.

I have absolutely no idea how to interpret the log file…

system · 2016-12-11T22:33:29.000Z

For Connectify have you tried Internet Connection Sharing Mode ?

In addition to the above named ports, if your firewall software has any settings involving Internet Connection Sharing (ICS), please enable support for these.

Avast - Settings - Components - Firewall - Customise - Policies - and under “Preferences” select “Internet Connection Sharing mode” - OK.

https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=194021.msg1353407#msg1353407

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