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Re: Newbie question on how to change Oracle 9i listener port number

From: Frank van Bortel <fvanbortel_at_netscape.net>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 21:54:36 +0200
Message-ID: <c5mp4d$jln$1@news2.tilbu1.nb.home.nl>


Howard J. Rogers wrote:

> Frank van Bortel wrote:
>

>> Howard J. Rogers wrote:
>>
>>> Don wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I have installed oracle 9i on both Windows and AIX environment with
>>>> default listener port number ( 1521 ). Just wonder if it is possible
>>>> to change the port number. ( I've tried to change the listener.ora
>>>> port number, restart listener, and server, and it is still using the
>>>> default number)
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Er, well then you edited the wrong listener.ora, because it's only 
>>> the contents of the listener.ora (in %ORACLE_HOME%\network\admin by 
>>> default) that tells the listener.ora which port to listen on. On 
>>> Windows, I would stop the service and re-start it.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> HJR
>>
>>
>>
>> Emmm - what about MTS,^H^H^H^H dispatchers? That'd be the instance.

>
>
>
> I'm confused, Frank! What about dispatchers? They don't "listen" on port
> 1521, do they?
>
> They merely register themselves with a listener running on that port
> number, or another that you specify. True, they have to recieve netwiork
> connections, and therefore are open for business on a port of their own
> devising, but that's randomly chosen in the 50,000+ range, IIRC.
>
> I think I must be missing your point.
>
> Regards
> HJR
afaik, you can configure the port(s) for mts; I used it on Windows when use_shared_socket was broken
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Regards,
Frank van Bortel
Received on Thu Apr 15 2004 - 14:54:36 CDT

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