On Thursday 30 Oct 2003 12:21 pm, Bryan Phinney wrote: > > > The problem for me is that the hardware router does not allow > > GnomeMeeting to have a range of ports open (it uses h.323 > > tunneling), so I'm thinking that I will need, eventually, to set > > my box dmz and rely on the software one, suitably configured. I > > am quite prepared to make the switch to dmz for the duration of a > > session (it won't be too frequent), but I want the second layer > > in first. Consequently, I can use dmz to test the rules, going > > back behind the hardware f/w as necessary. > > What kind do you have? You should be able to open up an entire > range, as small or large as you want and configure GnomeMeeting to > simply confine to that range. I have a range open for passive ftp > and it appears to work fine. > SMC/7401BRA We chose that one, knowing nothing about routers, because at least the manufacturer put the manual on the website, and it looked reasonable. I've regretted it a bit, but that's hindsight. You can open around 10 ports, (total of tcp and udp), but no ranges.
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