Re: Accessing Oracle server from client which is behind firewall/proxy on intranet

On Sun, 13 Oct 2002 11:47:39 +0500, "Bilal Muddassir" <bilalmuddassir_at_hotmail.com> wrote:

>Hello
>
>If my client host is on an intranet and there is a proxy server or firewall
>between the client and the rest of the Internet, how can I use Oracle client
>applications like SQLPLUS etc on the client host and connect to an Oracle
>server connected to the Internet outside the intranet?
>
>Do I need to ask the proxy/firewall administrator to open the tcp/1521 port?
>
>-Bilal
>

Insufficient info from your side. Oracle will by default use 2 ports, the default 1521 port and a random one, different per session. This can be resolved by setting use_shared_sockets, but as you neither provide a platform nor a version I can't provide an exact command. You could also setup connection manager (in 8i and higher) to deal with it, or MTS.
But then again, there are firewall vendor who have so-called sqlnet proxies to resolve it for you.
So really can't tell whatever will most suit you.

Hth

Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

To reply remove -verwijderdit from my e-mail address Received on Sun Oct 13 2002 - 15:57:20 CDT