Does anyone have this info as I do not have access to MetaLink.
Thanks
Jason
"John Alexander" <jalexander_at_summitsoftwaredesign.com> wrote in message
news:l%JF6.99903$fs3.15587178_at_typhoon.tampabay.rr.com...
> Port 1521 is used to get the initial connection. Oracle then chooses a
> random open port and sends the client back the new address, making it
> difficult if your traffic is coming through a firewall. Your resulting
error
> will be TNS-12203.
> If it is on NT, add a registry setting under Oracle for
> USE_SHARED_SOCKET=TRUE. This way, it will only use the port the listener
is
> on (i.e. 1521).
> Check out Note 2064550.102 in MetaLink for some work-arounds to avoid
> opening up your firewall. (Go to 'TECHNICAL LIBRARIES' and then choose the
> 'Firewalls' section).
>
> John Alexander
> www.SummitSoftwareDesign.com
> St. Petersburg, FL
>
>
> Oliver Huppert <oliver.huppert_at_pikon.com> wrote in message
> news:9c0r1r$g4j$1_at_piesbach.saarnet.de...
> > Hi *.*
> >
> > I've got a problem in using a firewall on a oracle server.
> > The listener from this DB is on port 1521, but every time on connection
to
> > the DB
> > the client gets 2 other ports from the server. So the firewall blocks
the
> > connection.
> >
> > Is there a way to say oracle wich ports it should use?
> > So that I have a range of ports which I can tell the firewall.
> > Because I don´t want to free all ports to this server.
> >
> > nice regards
> > Olli
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Thu Apr 26 2001 - 05:17:50 CDT
