FileMaker Server thru a Firewall

[WBlanchard]

We have just set up a Cisco PIX firewall, and can't seem to get the FileMaker server available thru the firewall. We even tried opening up all ports across all protocols to our DMZ NAT IP addresses--to no avail! We are using NAT so a static IP is not possible.

Anyone have any info to fix this?

if the fix is to detailed to post here, please email me at [email protected]

Thanks

[Tom Collins]

You need to forward TCP port 5003. Very important -- do NOT forward UDP port 5003. With older versions of Filemaker, this would work, but with Filemaker Server 5, forwarding UDP 5003 screws things up.

If you're using ipmasq on a Linux firewall, use a command like this:

ipmasqadm portfw -a -P tcp -L externalip 5003 -R internalip 5003

Replace externalip with the external Internet ip address and internalip with the internal intranet ip address of your server.

[WBlanchard]

Thanks, but I found the real culprit.

FileMaker server will not work using the NAT services used for our firewall.