[mrtg] Re: UDP ports problem

[Pablo Abrutzky]

Txs for your response Dez.

I have any form to put in te .cfg file some parameter in order to obtain
the request be from a unique port, for example 3423 (not random). ??


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On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Dez Cadena wrote:

>
> 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.
> >
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