Windows Firewall Rules (exclusions)

Normally, all the required exceptions are automatically added to the Windows firewall the first time you start Maitre’D. However, to ensure fluid communications between multiple operating systems, additional firewall rules could be setup.

Here are the instructions to create rules in the Windows Firewall under Windows XP Professional. These steps are somewhat similar to those of Windows 7. Of course, there are other Firewalls available, but there are far too many to give detailed instructions about all of them. For more details on setting up rules for other firewalls, please consult the documentation that was provided with the software that you purchased.

1- Click the Windows Start button, and select the Control Panel option.

NOTE: The screenshots were taken on Windows XP. Settings for Windows 7, 8.1 and 10 are similar.

2- Double-click on Windows Firewall

3- Click on the Exceptions tab.

4- Click on Add Program…

5- Click Browse…

6- Browse to C:\POSERA\MaitreD\PRG, select the file called bosrv.exe, and click Open.

7- The program will be displayed in the list.

8- Repeat the above steps for the following programs, which are all located under C:\POSERA\MaitreD\PRG.

a. Bosrveft.exe b. Boreport.exe

9- Click OK to close this window.

10-You will be back to the Exceptions tab. Now, click on Add Port.

11- You will be opening port 1001 on the firewall. This port is used for Workstation communication. Therefore, give a meaningful name to this rule, such as “Maitre’D Workstations”, and type in 1001 in the port number field.

12- Select the TCP option, and then click OK to save this rule. 13-Create another port rule for port 1002 using the same steps as above. 14-Lastly, click OK to save your settings and close the Windows Firewall configuration window.

If you have a different firewall or if you are using a different version of Windows, please consult the relevant documentation which came with your software to learn how to setup exceptions and rules.

Please read the next section for a complete list of ports and applications used in Maitre’D 7.05 and Maitre’D 8.