nassvc.exe and ZoneAlarm Firewall

[drmcl]

   

No matter what do to the settings in Zonalarm, my LinkStations wake on LAN service, nassvc.exe does not get thru which means it dows not switch on when  I power up my laptop, needless to say, as soon as i disable ZoneAlarm, the LinkStation springs to life. anybody know if it can be done at all? Alternatively, what is the mechanism that nassvc.exe isa using to keep the Linkstaion up - I assume its a ping command as even when its switched off (power save mode) its is still pingable so if I knew which port the WOL feature was listening on, I( could write my own windows service to waket it up myself?

 

Thankjs in advance

[Kameran]

It sounds like something on the zonealarm side where you need to make the appropriate exception for it to allow the nas navi to contact the other device on your network.  I would recommend contacting them, or trying other firewall software.

[drmcl]

   

Thanks for that. I have  launched a seperate thread on the ZoneAlarm site to see if they know how to let thus windows service talk to the NAS unit but as yet no response. I could rustle up a windows service myself in Visual Studio or Netbeans but I need to know what it is on the NSs drive that needs a prod to keep it awake -I can ping it quite easily even when its powered down in power save mode, put a ping by itself is not enough to wake it up - would anyone know what command its looking for to keep it alive in case ZoneAlarm come up short. (any other general firewall rules that need changing like a port number or something)?

 

 

[pcolinjp]

Hi !

 

I have exactly the same problem ! I saw your thread on the ZA forum. Did you find a solution since February ?

 

I am running on Windows 7 and actually I do not see nassvc.exe in the processes. However as soon as I shut down ZA, the NSA springs to life...

[pcolinjp]

Correction : actually I see nassvc when I check "All Users" in task manager.

nassvc seems to be running normally...

 

Funny part is that an other Windows 7 PC on the same network, but with COMODO securuty, starts the NAS without any problem. So it is definitively a ZA problem.