streaming video

I run ADSL from BTopenworld, but when I go to their diagnostics page to stream video while zonealarm is running the 384kbit/s video clip on TCP runs fine, but when I select the 384kbit/s video clip on UDP my windows media player will time out.

I can only cure this problem if i shut down zone alarm, even then the UDP clip will start to run at 390kbit/s then drop to 212kbit/s (i have tried running udp video clip while pass lock in zone alarm was selected, no luck, still wont play) but i dont really wont to be online without security of zone alarm.

Is there a way around this in zone alarm, or is there an alternative to zone alarm that does'nt have this conflict?

All help greatly appreciated.

 

If you know what UDP port is being accessed, you should be able to configure ZA to open it. This, however, leaves it open for naughty uses.

This is a problem with firewalls. They're basically stupid, and they're on or off. An Intrusion Detection System allows leaving a port open, but checks what's coming through it.