Re: Westell Wirespeed B90-220030-04 and Oracle Services

Thanks Alan,

At least now I know what to look for. I seem to remember something about connection pooling from somewhere.

Vern

"Alan" <alan_at_erols.com> wrote in message news:2gs9fpF5u9daU1_at_uni-berlin.de...
> Yes, Oracle uses random ports. You either need a firewall proxy (supplied
by
> the vendor, so this is probably out of the question), or look into
> "connection pooling" on the server.
>
>
> "Vern" <pbfvern_at_bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:qB5qc.22679$GV5.17959_at_bignews4.bellsouth.net...
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I have the above DSL modem on my network along with a variety of
machines
> > and several different operating systems. One of the operating systems I
> have
> > is Novell 5.1 and on that server I am using the five user versions of
> Oracle
> > that ships with Novell. The Oracle version I am using is 8i. The server
> > bundle works great and I do all of my business on this platform.
> >
> > I also have DSL, Novell (v5.0 and Oracle 8), running at home where I
have
> > several databases that I rely upon heavily and it works great as well.
My
> > dilemma is that I want to be able to access my work Oracle instance from
> > home. Incidentally, I have the identical Westell at home as I do at
work.
> >
> > I have opened up ports 1521-1526 with a base port of 1521 on the Westell
> at
> > work, (both udp and tcp), and managed to get a login prompt from sqlplus
> but
> > I'm never able to get logged in. It seems that Oracle is using a
different
> > port each time I try to connect for communications. I could open up all
> > ports on my Westell but you know what that will do to my security.
> >
> > Does anyone know what I need to do to have the ability to control this?
Is
> > there special software I need to install to install on my Westell or is
> > there a way to instruct Oracle to use specific ports?
> >
> > Thank you in advance for any help you may be able to provide,
> >
> > Vern
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Mon May 17 2004 - 19:09:12 CEST