Firewall Port Address tranlation and FM server

[stmoddell]

I am trying to set up my remote users such that they aren't coming into the filemaker server 5.0.3 on the default port of 5003. All I am changing is port address translation for port 5003. Setting it so that 9999=5003, both UDP and TCP. When this is done, it doesn't transmit the DB list. If feels like a UDB problem, but I have a sneaky suspicion that FM isn't able to handle this for some unknown reason.

Any thoughts, Ideas? experiences of your own?

clients coming in using both 5.5 and 5.0 on 9.1, and 10.1.1 (macs only, so far). Server is OS 9.2.2, running 5.0.3.

thanks,

st

[dodge]

We have remote FM users login on our server over the internet and

all I can say is, as long as port 5003 is open, everything works. The

server sends over 5003. My guess is that remote FM clients expect

5003 and not 9999. Port 5003 is hard-coded into every FileMaker

application, server and client. So make sure TCP and UDP 5003 is

not blocked by either your firewall, your remote clients or your ISP.

dodge

[Steven H. Blackwell]

There is no FM Server 5.0v3. 5.0v3 is the FileMAker Pro application itself.

If NAT is being used with FM Server 5.0v2 then UDP must be blocked on Port 5003, not opened. TCP must be opened. If using FM Server 5.5v1, then Port 5003 may be either open or blocked for UDP; it must be open for TCP.

HTH

Old Advance Man