Re: MTS ports ...

Many thanks for your help, Paul.

Regards.

Sam

Paul Drake wrote:

> Samuel Tran wrote:
>
> > Hello everybody,
> >
> > Which ports should I open on a firewall to allow connections to my
> > Oracle 8.1.7 server configured with MTS ?
> >
> > Many thanks.
> >
> > Sam
> >
>
> Hi Sam.
>
> You have a bit of a project on your hands.
> I'll assume that you're using some form of Network Address Translation
> (NAT) on the firewall.
> MTS is only half of the picture - but its a good start.
> If you use the Oracle Connection Manager utility (cman) - you need only
> open a port for each connection manager daemon - the default port will
> be used by the cmctl utility - which you can start without a cman.ora
> file. For best results, use a cman.ora file.
>
> Check Metalink for Notes on how to configure this most easily.
> There is a section in the Technical Libraries for firewalls.
> The docs are also on Technet.
>
> If you choose not to use cman - you will need to configure dispatchers
> to run of specific ports - and allow traffic on those ports.
> By default, the dispatchers grab random ports.
>
> I would recommend Jonathan Gennick's Net8 book - ISBN 1-56592-753-2
>
> Paul
Received on Fri Aug 31 2001 - 01:47:14 CDT