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Toolbars integrated with IE usually show up in the list
here. Look for entries like Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc.
Make sure each of these is checked (which will cause
them to appear, usually underneath the address bar in
the browser window) and then confirm with each one
that it’s allowing pop-ups from the Matrix server.
The following example illustrates the Google toolbar, but
the others generally function in a very similar fashion.
Example: Assuming a Google toolbar is installed and
the system is a single PC Matrix system. The system
has been rebooted since the application was installed.
While the Matrix Client is in the Windows Startup folder,
no browser window appeared when Windows started.
Open a blank IE window. With the Google toolbar visi-
ble, enter http://127.0.0.1:8080 in the address bar and
press Enter. If a window like the one shown in F
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appears, the Matrix server is running, but you have a
pop-up blocker.
Note the button in the middle of the Google toolbar that
shows 31 blocked; this is a count of how many pop-ups
the Google toolbar has stopped from appearing. Click
Button to make the toolbar allow pop-ups from the
address currently in the address bar. Close the browser
window and try launching Matrix via the Matrix client
desktop icon again.
The same series of steps is performed for multiple-PC
systems, only the address used is different--the address
of the Matrix server is used instead of 127.0.0.1.
Pop-up blockers are not limited to those included with
browser toolbars. Security products such as Norton
Internet Security also block pop-ups; refer to the ven-
dor’s instructions on how to configure these software
programs.
Software Firewalls
Special Considerations for Firewalls
Summary: Any firewalls in use must allow TCP traffic on
ports 8080, 8083, 8084 and 3306 at the Matrix Server
and port 8082 at each Matrix Client. Matrix will not func-
tion properly if any of these ports are blocked. Windows
XP has a built-in firewall, which is turned on by default
(meaning that these ports are blocked) in Service Pack
2.
Any firewalls on the Matrix PC must allow network traffic
over several ports. PCs communicate with each other
via IP addresses and port numbers. An IP address can
be compared to the street address of an apartment
building, with a port number as a specific apartment
number in the building. The Matrix server and Matrix cli-
ents require certain ports be available/open in order to
communicate properly. These are the default TCP ports
required by the server and each client:
Matrix server:
Port 3306 - Matrix Database
Port 8080 - Matrix Web Server
Port 8083 - Matrix/R & R link
Port 8084 - Matrix Server
Matrix Client:
Port 8082 - Matrix Client
Communication to these ports can be blocked by firewall
software installed on your computer. Windows XP con-
tains the Windows Firewall, but there are numerous
products provided by third parties such as Symantec
and McAfee that also provide firewall functionality. What
this means for Matrix is that any Firewalls) on the Matrix
PC must be either configured to allow traffic over these
ports or turned off altogether.
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