On 31 Jan 2001, at 8:38, Rod Cappon wrote:
> The problem most likely is to do with RPC connections. An RPC connection
> starts on a port from inside to outside. Then the inside tells the outside
> cpu to call back on a different port. but since this second connection is
> started from the outside it is blocked. Now why did it all a sudden stop
> working. the RPC port that it calls back on tends to be the same so when the
> problem was first discovered we see what port is being blocked let that pass
> through with a static map and think thing are all fine now. Then comes along are
> coworker who applies SP6a the outside computer and it is rebooted. The reboot
> causes the outside computer to select a different RPC port and the problem is
> back. To fix this problem read MS TechNet q154596. This will allow us to control
> the range of Ports the outside computer will reply on.
I don't think this is the problem - I don't have any other machines doing this.
It's either a PIX problem or specific to that one machine, and could be related
to using UDP for file sharing.
Dan
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