AVG Firewall blocking AirPlay.

I finally figured out how to solve this problem. Air play uses port 5353 for AirPlay which is normally blocked by AVG firewall. http://support.apple.com/kb/TA21543

I unblocked port 5353 in AVG (v10) using this method

1. Open AVG

2. Go to Firewall settings

3. Click on "Tools/Firewall Settings"

4. Go the the Profile you want (Small Home or Office Network, ect.)

5. Click "System Services"

6. Under "User defined system rules" Click "Manage user system rules"

7. Click add

8. Make sure you have the settings the same as the following

protocol - UDP

direction - Both ways

local port - User selected port (enter 5353 as the defined port)

remote ports - Same as local port

remote address - local network

9. Name the Rule

10.Click OK, (You should see the rule listed now) then OK again

11. Click Apply and restart iTunes

Hope this solves your problem 🙂

Taylor

thank you

If nothing else at least AVG seemed to be blocking ports until it knew the user added them as safe.

There is a list of TCP/UDP ports AppleTV uses somehwere on Apple support pages.

AC

I called Apple. I searched on many sites for 2 days. I Didn't get it Why My AIRPLAY ICON dissapered from my ITUNES, they didn't know what to tell me. They told me many things. Then I realize it was AVG Firewall, THANKS @EMERSONIC! Those firewall settings did the TRICK

Thanks... I'd already tried this once when I found the Apple article. Must have done it wrong first time as it worked when I followed your guide.

Thanks again.

Bonjour service was disabled for me!

to re-enable in vista/win7 you would go to control panel, admin tools, services, and bonjour is in the list, right click and start.

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thank you so much, this definitely helped me.