SQl08R2 firewall - best practices?

  • hello i have SQL08R2 and MS show-how links describe opening firewall holes for certain ports DO NOT work.

    when trying to connect from SSMS i get blocked, when i turn off the firewall i get in.

    i tried a bunch of mentioned ports but it still doent work, i cant find the DB on the network discovery of SSMS and direct IP yields the same result.

    anyone has a link to a solid how to?

  • Are you referring to the windows firewall in the OS ? Have you added an exception to the default port for sql server 1433 under the windows firewall ? What happens when u try a telnet ? Are u facing the issue only when connecting via SSMS ?

    Jayanth Kurup[/url]

  • How is your instance configured? Are you using the default port? Is this is a default instance installation? Did you open the ports for all of relevant tcp and udp ports?

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  • If he's using a default instance then simply openning TCP port 1433 should be sufficient. For a named instance you can look at the errorlog and it will tell you what port it is using, THAT port would need to be opened as well. If you have SQL Browser running you need UDP port 1434 open I believe.

    CEWII

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