[ubuntu-in] Need to use Ekiga but firewall prevents it

[Onkar Shinde]

On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 4:12 PM, ramnarayan.k at gmail.com
<ramnarayan.k at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> was trying to set up an Ekiga VOIP chat account but my firewall seems to
> prevent it from accessing the net (am using firestarter)
>
> so is there anyway to allow ekiga to get through or do i need to keep
> turning firestarter off ??

Firestarter is not a firewall. It is just a GUI to manage firewall.
By default the firewall in linux (when activated) does not block
outgoing traffic. It just blocks incoming traffic.

A more detailed description of what the problem is exactly will help
us analyze the situation.


Onkar