Wired problem hosting Filemaker DB behinde router/firewall

[lars]

I ran into a wird problem.

I Have a Fmp 5.0 Unlimited hosting a native fmp 5.0 DB (created by FMP 5 Unlimited) on the backside off a router/firewall,(filtring all, exept port 21, 80, 5003) with some nating.

I found this info in the FMP 5.5 help file under "firewall"

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" FileMaker Pro shows only the databases hosted on your local TCP/IP subnet. To open a database on a different TCP/IP subnet, in the Hosts dialog box, click Specify Host and enter the host computer's IP address or domain name.

? If the guest is outside your LAN's firewall, blocking must be removed from port number 5003 by your network administrator. (FileMaker Pro uses TCP port number 5003 to share databases.)

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My Question is why can I connect to the DB with FMP 5.5, but not FMP 5.0.

Any clue is welcome.

T.I.A.

[Anatoli]

I am connecting the 5 OK

[sbaxter]

I believe you need to block port 5003 for UDP but pass TCP. This conflicts with what FM say but there you go. This changed between versions 4 and 5.

Cheers,

Steve