Basically, the polled device returns data in "random" high (>1024) UDP ports.
I dont know what kind of firewall you're using but you can allow UDP ports >1024 from the devices you're polling to the computer that polls ... You can do much better than that but I have to know what type of firewall you're using. On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 05:42:03PM +0000, Pablo Abrutzky wrote: > > Hello! > I put firewalling rules in my computer, and i have a problem whit > my MRTG. > > The problem is whit the UDP ports, because the MRTG send the request from > diferents ports (UDP).. > > so.. the request is send for the MRTG server, (200.80.40.xx) port 33508 > and the response from the client machine (200.80.36.xx) go to the same > port (33508)... but... if i close the UDP ports in this machine i dont > recive the response because the port is diferent any time. > > i have a chance to send the request from a specific UDP port, in this case > i close every ports except that. > > --------------------------------- > Pablo Abrutzky > Analista de Sistemas Informaticos > ------------ > OVERLINK > http://www.overlink.net.ar > ---------------------------------- > //Acentos omitidos intencionalmente\\ -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/mrtg FAQ http://faq.mrtg.org Homepage http://www.mrtg.org WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi
