Re: port 500 test thru firewall

[Narayanan R Pillai <strqst400@xxxxxxxxx>]

If you have a Linux box floating around somewhere and you know the 
firewall address, you could try nmap.

Pillai

Jim Franz wrote:

> Our firewall is managed by isp and is a major pain just to find out if a port is open. 
> Svc Agt is giving me some errors when I try & run sndptford via ethernet/internet and 
> 2nd level text says (among other things) to be sure port 500 udp is open.
> Is there an easy test i can do from iSeries or pc lan to verify the firewall allowing 
> this port? Test much originate from within the network, not outside. 
> jim franz 
>