Firewall support on Windows chassis

On starting up IxServer, it checks the firewall rules automatically. The rules programmed by IxOS are all named starting with 'ks-'.

Note: Any rule named 'Ixia Tcl Server' or 'Ixia I/O Server (IxServer)' may have been created by Windows if you attempted to run an older IxOS version without Firewall support, and then enabled the Firewall. In that case, Windows will attempt to program the rules for you, but that will not be sufficient for correct operation. These rules should be deleted.

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Commands to check the Firewall state

Following are the commands to check firewall state in the chassis:

netsh advfirewall show allprofiles

Get-NetFirewallProfile

Internal networks such as IxiaVNIC and TenSpeed, are excluded from firewall so that it does not interfere with any internal rules.

These networks will appear highlighted in red in the Windows Defender Firewall screen.

Note: If you turn on the firewall, you can switch to other IxOS versions, which support firewall.