by Guest on 2026/01/20 06:28:39 PM
Hello,
When browsing through the firewall rules on my win11 machine, I noticed something odd.
When I've marked the network I'm connected to as "Private", Tixati blocks incoming UDP and TCP traffic.
If I mark it "Public", Tixati allows incoming traffic.
I keep thinking this is the wrong way round, but cannot fully reason it.
Can someone enlighten me please?
Thankyou.
by Guest on 2026/01/21 05:44:38 AM
Tixati doesn't “block” anything. System firewall — as it should — interferes with it. It is possible that network sockets that have been created before changing the settings of the firewall are disregarded by the system, or something like that. Try restarting the program after changing the settings.
I think you should decide what you rally want. Windows does not designate connections (interfaces) as home/work or public, it stores that for each different local network you happen to be on (based on gateway MAC address and other identification).
by Guest on 2026/01/22 10:31:54 PM
Hello,
Thank you for your reply and correcting the errors I made.
Yet, I would like to point out you didn't answer the question.
- "Are the firewall rules Tixati enters into Win11's firewall, the right way around?"
In Win11 I can mark the networks I'm using as:
- "Private" i.e. "Trusted"
- "Public" i.e. "Untrusted
and
-"Domain" which I'm unsure how to interpret.
MS also calls them "profiles".
What I meant with, "Tixati blocks", is that Tixati introduced the firewall rule and as such effectively "blocks" ports, on a certain profile)
Sorry if that was not clear, I may have assumed it would be.
In my view the firewall rules are implemented the wrong way around, but I cannot reason it.
If you use Tixati on a "private" network, the ports should be open, or should they?
If you use Tixati on a "public" network, the ports should be open, or should they?
I could think that on a "Domain" profile, administrators make the rules.
::
But wait! I had an epiphany ...
Which makes this whole topic moot.
(or maybe a philosophical view remains)
It is not Tixati that implemented the rules, it was me!
I got asked what to do, and had completely forgotten it.
Thus you have really answered the question, yet in a funny way.
Well, thankyou.
