lmtools blocked by vista

[dbarroco]

Hello,

Does anyone knows how to unblock flexlm in Vista.

I've added the exception for 2700 tcp port, i've tryed the exception for lmtool program, but doesn't work.

I've seen that the same computer doesn't connect to the same tcp port every time. And it connects to 2 ports at once (i.e. 5091 - 5093, 5071-5093)...

i can't let this firewall down like this...

[Anonymous]

2080 and 27000-27009 needs to be unblocked.

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"dbarroco" wrote in message news:5779812@discussion.autodesk.com...
> Hello,
>
> Does anyone knows how to unblock flexlm in Vista.
>
> I've added the exception for 2700 tcp port, i've tryed the exception for
> lmtool program, but doesn't work.
>
> I've seen that the same computer doesn't connect to the same tcp port
> every time. And it connects to 2 ports at once (i.e. 5091 - 5093,
> 5071-5093)...
>
> i can't let this firewall down like this...

[dbarroco]

you're right...i was missing the port 2080!!! i had it working meanwhile... tough i didn't unblock the range 27000-27009. Only 2080 and 27000.

If somebody complaints i'll know what it is.

thank you very much

[Anonymous]

> you're right...i was missing the port 2080!!! i had it working
> meanwhile...
> tough i didn't unblock the range 27000-27009. Only 2080 and 27000.

The technical reason behind this is that it's structured as two independent
executables.
The lmgrd by default takes one of the 2700X ports which lmtools and the
application would communicate with.
Then the traffic is relayed to the adskflex daemon which runs on 2080.
However often it's not specified to a fixed port (Autodesk is an exception
here) and therefore you can see this behavior of multiple ports in action
and randomized port numbers.

Best regards,

Henrik Goldman
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