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Uncomplicated Firewall blocks playing streames in VLC

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Can anybody help me please how to allow IGMP protocol in UFW?
My provider streams TV signal. I have .m3u8 file as channel list. It contains items as udp://@239.1.1.42:11111.

VLC does not open the stream. When I disable the firewall, it does.

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answered 2 Years ago admin · Accepted Answer

For IPTV it is needed to allow both UPD and IGMP protocols.

For UFW edit the /etc/ufw/before.rules file:

# allow IGMP

-A INPUT -i eth0 -p igmp -j ACCEPT

# allow UDP - address range for individual channels

-A INPUT -i eth0 -p udp -d 239.1.2.1/5 --dport 11111 -j ACCEPT