It should be high as possible since other sockets can posses the ports before Exchange after, say, a reboot. I would rather use an IMS connector instead. Easier to control and manage, and a good step towards Exchange 2000.
Amit Zinman MCSE, Project Manager Professional Services Group Getronics (Israel) Tel: +972-3-5127306 Mobile: +972-53-570139 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Chetwood, Rachel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 3:10 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Firewall and Exchange Ports. I believe it can be anything above 1023. Have you looked at Q155831? HTH Rachel > ---------- > From: Pfefferkorn, Pete (PFEFFEPE)[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: Exchange Discussions > Sent: 15 October 2001 13:53 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Firewall and Exchange Ports. > > Exchange 5.5 SP4 > > Well, we cutover our systems onto our new Cisco Network. Servers up, > users > happy. One problem is that users coming outside of the University can no > longer connect to the Exchange server using Outlook unless they install a > VPN client. There is now a firewall and it has been locked down for > specific ports for each server for security reasons. Ports open right now > are 80,443,25,110,135,143,389 for Exchange. I'm reading article Q176466 > and > it states that Exchange assigns random ports for the communication with > the > directory/information store and that you may need to statically allocate > the > ports. > > I think this may be my problem. Does anyone know the range of ports that > are randomly assigned? I'm not in charge of the firewall, so bear with > me > on this. > > > > Pete Pfefferkorn > Senior Systems Engineer/Mail Administrator > University of Cincinnati > 51 Goodman Street > Cincinnati, OH 45221 > Phone - (513) 556-9076 > Fax - (513) 556-2042 > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
