Sygate Personal Firewall

Use the following steps to allow ActiveSync ports in the Sygate Personal Firewall application.

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Start the Sygate Personal Firewall application.
In the main menu, click on Tools > Advanced Rules…
An Advanced Rules popup will be shown. Click Add.
An Advanced Rules Settings window will pop up. Please enter a rule description.
The following fields should be set as follows:
Action = Allow this traffic
Advanced Settings = All network interface cards
Apply this rule during Screensaver Mode = Both on and off
Leave the rest as-is.
Leave the Hosts tab unchanged.
Be sure that the Protocol dropdown is set to ALL in the Ports and Protocols tab.
In the Applications tab, click Browse… to add new applications to this list.
With the browse window, navigate to the ActiveSync install folder.
This is C:\Program Files\Microsoft ActiveSync\ if ActiveSync was installed in the C drive using the default folder.
Add the following .exe files (Note: you will need to click on browse more than once):
wcescomm.exe
WCESMgr.exe
rapimgr.exe
CEAPPMGR.exe
After adding the application .exe files in the previous step, make sure that they appear checked in the Applications tab as shown.
Click OK when done.
After adding the new Advanced Rule, make sure the rule appears checked in the Advanced Rules window.
Click Add again.
Enter similar information as described in Step 4 but with a different Description.
Set Action = Allow this traffic.
In the Ports and Protocols tab, make sure the following are set:
Protocol = TCP
Remote = 26675
Local = 26675
Click OK several times until you hit the main Window.

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