Connecting to SQL Server over WayPort wireless connection

• Rick Fortier-276742

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  December 1, 2005 at 4:31 am

  #66847

  Is anyone else having trouble connecting to SQL Server while using the WayPort wireless service found in most McDonald's?

• bnordberg

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  December 2, 2005 at 8:43 am

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  Never tried - fast food will kill you faster than slammer spreads. Anyway it depends on the port you have SQL on. According to Wayport FAQ (http://www.wayport.net/support/faq):

  Does Wayport block any specific types of traffic?

  Due to the proliferation of viruses, worms and other malicious activity on the Internet, we block specific ports to increase the security of our network. Specifically, TCP traffic is blocked on ports 80 (inbound), 135 (inbound), 137, 138, 139, 445 and 8053. UDP traffic is blocked on ports 1434, 8053, 8083 and 8084. We regularly update our firewalls to address new and pressing security issues.

   

  And since: SQL Server establishes a listener service on UDP port 1434 that lets a client query the server for a list of named instances and their network configuration information. This listener service always runs on UDP port 1434 and can't be configured to run on another port.