Re: FN-FORUM: Problem with SQL Server client tools

date posted 1st June 2004 23:44

subStudio Freelancers wrote:

> Just loaded up Enterprise manager and tried to connect to a remote
> database, having the same problems, and I am on NTL. What error message
> do you get?

ntl have *claimed* to block 1433 for a while now
http://www.ntlworld.com/tunnel.php?task=portBlocking

Ports 1433 (TCP), 1434 (UDP) Blocking these ports is likely to prevent
the use of MS SQL Server and on occasion disrupt normal connections.
This disruption is because these ports are above 1024. Ports above 1024
are used occasionally for 'temporary' communications e.g. the fetching
of web pages. This is not a common practice, but it is worth noting that
blocking these 2 ports may cause the (very) occasional "page not found"
error due to port blocking. In these cases, if a customer tries to load
the page again, or visit another site, the connection will work as normal.


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