Nice catch on the broadcast request, I wouldn't have caught that.

Lee

On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Greg Lara <gl2...@columbia.edu> wrote:

> Lee, thank you for your comment, it ultimately led me to my answers. It
> turns out the Windows firewall doesn't log blocked requests by default, but
> can be configured to do so. Once I enabled that, I was able to troubleshoot
> which port requests were being dropped.
>
> I had to unblock the following ports in order to successfully boot my
> client:
>
> TCP/UDP 111
> TCP 62189
>
>
> In addition, I had to make sure the scope for the UDP/67 rule included all
> computers--I was originally only allowing access from my local IP range.
> This is because the port 67 request is a broadcast (
> 0.0.0.0/255.255.255.255), which was outside of my local scope.
>
>
> Once again, the community saves the day. Thanks.
>
> --
>
> Greg Lara
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> Columbia University Press
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> New York, NY 10023
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>
>
> On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Lee Allen <l...@leecallen.com> wrote:
>
>> Does your firewall report blocked connections, or can it be configured to
>> do so?  If so, examine the log for the time period in question.
>>
>> Lee
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Greg Lara <gl2...@columbia.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Alexander. I ran the advisor and even with the firewall on, all
>>> ports seemed to connect successfully, so I guess I'm back to square one.
>>> Turning off the firewall isn't really an option, and I'm not sure how else
>>> to determine what is being blocked, short of employing a packet analyzer, an
>>> option I don't really have time for. Any further thoughts or suggestions
>>> would be appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
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