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

From: Sander Goudswaard <sander_at_example.com>
Date: 18 May 2004 10:03:39 GMT
Message-ID: <Xns94ED7AB12FFEFsnafuexamplecom@127.0.0.1>

"Vern" <pbfvern_at_bellsouth.net> wrote in
news:qB5qc.22679$GV5.17959_at_bignews4.bellsouth.net:

> 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?

Search Metalink/OTN for "Connection Manager" - it will handle the connections for you, so you only need to open one port.

Sander Received on Tue May 18 2004 - 05:03:39 CDT