Barb, I haven't tried this personally, but the following Metalink references should help:
On Metalink check out the following note: http://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_database_id=NOT&p_id=132729.1 This is the Technical Library "Connection Manager and Firewalls " index. eg check out: How to enable USE_SHARED_SOCKET on WINNT and Windows 2000 124140.1 Oracle And Firewalls : Answers To Frequently Asked Questions 2084440.6 Oracle Connectivity with Firewalls 125021.1 Firewalls, Windows NT and Redirections 66382.1 Solving Firewall problems on NT 68652.1 In particular, with a normal connection you come in on the listener port (often 1521 or 1526) but the listener then selects a random port for communication from the server back to the client. So, I believe you either have to open a whole range of ports or go with one of the parameters / setups in the Metalink notes so connections all use a single port for communication from server back to the client. I'd be interested to hear how you get on with this. Have fun and hope this helps and is applicable to ODBC, Bruce -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, 30 January 2002 9:11 Sorry for the OT post, but I cannot find this elsewhere. We need to get connectivity from outside our firewall into an Oracle database using ODBC. Our network guy thinks there should be a port designation or something to allow these odbc connects through. I'm clueless. Any ideas where we can look to find out how to configure this? Thanks in advance for any help. Barb -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Reardon, Bruce (CALBBAY) INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
