Re: Oracle & Firewall Question

Hi Wanni,

the listener of the database is running on port 1521 or port 1526. But when a client connects a new connection is opened on port 65000+something (I cannot remember exactly the address). The problem is, that it is not always the same port number.

roland

Wanni wrote:

> Hi Readers,
>
> We are facing a problem connecting oracle client to an oracle server
> behinda firewall. When we removed the Firewall and connect the client
> and server directly (through routers only). No problem at all.
>
> We also noticed that during the setup connection with the firewall, the
> listener.log from the server records a log entry for each client's
> connection.
> However, nothing seems to happen after that.
>
> Is this a problem with IBM Firewall or does this has to do with the
> Oracle Server version itself?
>
> More information:
> Oracle server version 7.3.3 for Windows NT
> Oracle client using SQLPLUS Win95 and Unix versions.
> IBM Firewall version 3.2
>
> Thanks for your replies!
>
> Regards,
> Wanni
Received on Thu Jun 24 1999 - 21:08:49 CEST