PulseAudio and Firewalls: Difference between revisions

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If you're reading this, just know that to get PulseAudio RTP working through a firewall;

* the RTP Server should EXPLICITLY define a port to send to: port=WXYZ

*the RTP Server should EXPLICITLY define a port to send to: port=WXYZ

* And the following ports should be open on the client side;

*And the following ports should be open on the client side;

** WXYZ (IE, what was explicitly defined on the PA server)

**WXYZ (IE, what was explicitly defined on the PA server)

** 9875 (this port too, not documented at all, except for in regards to PipeWire, and deeply ironic given that it is on the PulseAudio website: https://pipewire.pages.freedesktop.org/pipewire/page_module_rtp_sap.html, and even more deeply warped that PulseAudio has no facility for defining the "SAP Port", and really, really, really messed up especially considering that when destination_ip= is explicitly defined, SAP is / should be disabled!)

**9875 (this port too, not documented at all, except for in regards to PipeWire, and deeply ironic given that it is on the PulseAudio website: https://pipewire.pages.freedesktop.org/pipewire/page_module_rtp_sap.html, and even more deeply warped that PulseAudio has no facility for defining the "SAP Port", and really, really, really messed up especially considering that when destination_ip= is explicitly defined, SAP is / should be disabled!)

This is a serious deficiency in PulseAudio. TCPDUMP it and find out for yourself.

This is a serious deficiency in PulseAudio. TCPDUMP it and find out for yourself how retarded the PulseAudio developers are for doing this and NOT documenting it (yup, very pissed about it).

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 If you're reading this, just know that to get PulseAudio RTP working through a firewall;
-* the RTP Server should EXPLICITLY define a port to send to: port=WXYZ
+*the RTP Server should EXPLICITLY define a port to send to: port=WXYZ
-* And the following ports should be open on the client side;
+*And the following ports should be open on the client side;
-** WXYZ (IE, what was explicitly defined on the PA server)
+**WXYZ (IE, what was explicitly defined on the PA server)
-** 9875 (this port too, not documented at all, except for in regards to PipeWire, and deeply ironic given that it is on the PulseAudio website: https://pipewire.pages.freedesktop.org/pipewire/page_module_rtp_sap.html, and even more deeply warped that PulseAudio has no facility for defining the "SAP Port", and really, really, really messed up especially considering that when destination_ip= is explicitly defined, SAP is / should be disabled!)
+**9875 (this port too, not documented at all, except for in regards to PipeWire, and deeply ironic given that it is on the PulseAudio website: https://pipewire.pages.freedesktop.org/pipewire/page_module_rtp_sap.html, and even more deeply warped that PulseAudio has no facility for defining the "SAP Port", and really, really, really messed up especially considering that when destination_ip= is explicitly defined, SAP is / should be disabled!)
-This is a serious deficiency in PulseAudio.  TCPDUMP it and find out for yourself.
+This is a serious deficiency in PulseAudio.  TCPDUMP it and find out for yourself how retarded the PulseAudio developers are for doing this and NOT documenting it (yup, very pissed about it).