Firewall blocking roon

[Anthony_Melvin]

Avast and Windows Defender block Roon from playing on my pc even after setting a rule allowing Roon and RAATserver as authorized apps. If I turn them off Roon will play. The core is on a NUC in the other room. Please advise.

[James_Antognini]

I’m not familiar with Avast. For my Defender firewall, I have these settings:

[dylan (Dylan Caudill)]

Hi @Anthony_Melvin,

Do both Avast and Windows Defender block Roon? If you disable one but not the other does Roon then work, or do both need to be stopped for it to work?

[Trickydickie]

I had the same issue using Avast Cloudcare and resolved using the instructions here https://community.roonlabs.com/t/roon-remote-output-problem-pc-windows-10-resolved-avast-firewall-adjustments/22961/16

[Anthony_Melvin]

Thanks for the help but it still doesn’t work.

[Anthony_Melvin]

Windows Defender, when configured to allow Roon and Raatserver will allow Roon to play. Avast will not even when configured with application rules.

[dylan (Dylan Caudill)]

Hi @Anthony_Melvin,

Can you confirm that you’ve followed the steps outlined below with Avast? Are you still seeing an issue after doing all of this?

Roon Remote output problem - PC/Windows 10 [Resolved - Avast Firewall Adjustments]

I’ve fixed it with some help from Avast. For anyone else experiencing this, here’s what you need to do: "First please allow the Roon application in the Avast Firewall application rules: https://www.avast.com/faq.php?article=AVKB25 (set the program to be “always allowed”) After that please go to the Avast menu - Protection - Firewall - Settings - PREFERENCES and check the “Internet Connection Sharing mode” option. In the same window, go to the “System rules…” and enable the first two options …