Controlling clientside port

[Nis Baggesen]

We have the usual setup where our client may be behind firewall A, and our server is located behind firewall B. Currently this is handled quite elegantly using the Glacier2 router, where the client opens a bidirectional connection to a forwarded port in firewall B published by the Glacier2 router.

So far so good.

This work just fine if firewall A allows outgoing connections. But what do I do if I want to control the port used by my client? It seems that it ignores the Endpoint configuration, but I may be missing something.

mvh

NHB

[marc]

The endpoint contains the server port number. This has nothing to do with the port the client uses for the outgoing connection. This port is chosen by the operating system.

In your scenario, if firewall A does not allow outgoing connections, then there is simply no way a client behind that firewall can communicate with a server outside this firewall.

[Nis Baggesen]

Originally Posted by marc

The endpoint contains the server port number. This has nothing to do with the port the client uses for the outgoing connection. This port is chosen by the operating system.

Well I sort of knew that Endpoints where for server ports, it was just the only thing I could think of fiddling with. I assume there is no way to affect the choice of port for the outgoing connection ? Or at least not via Ice.

Originally Posted by marc

In your scenario, if firewall A does not allow outgoing connections, then there is simply no way a client behind that firewall can communicate with a server outside this firewall.

Ok. I'll have to look further into what that firewall does and does not allow. Unfortunately I'm not the one with the problem, but someone else needs to use our client to connect to our server, and he seems to have run into a firewall problem.

[marc]

Originally Posted by Nis Baggesen

Well I sort of knew that Endpoints where for server ports, it was just the only thing I could think of fiddling with. I assume there is no way to affect the choice of port for the outgoing connection ? Or at least not via Ice.

This is correct, Ice does not have any manual configuration options for this port.