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Configuring Windows Firewall to open manually assigned ports

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To access a SQL Server instance through a firewall, you must configure the firewall on the computer that is running SQL Server to allow access. Any ports that you manually assign must be open in Windows Firewall.

To configure Windows Firewall to open manually assigned ports

  1. Verify that the user account that is performing this procedure is a member of either the sysadmin or the serveradmin fixed server role.

  2. In Control Panel, open System and Security.

  3. Click Windows Firewall, and then click Advanced Settings to open the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security dialog box.

  4. In the navigation pane, click Inbound Rules to display the available options in the Actions pane.

  5. Click New Rule to open the New Inbound Rule Wizard.

  6. Use the wizard to complete the steps that are required to allow access to the port that you defined in  Configure a SQL Server instance to listen on a non-default port.

Note:

You can configure the Internet Protocol security (IPsec) to help secure communication to and from your computer that is running SQL Server by configuring the Windows firewall. You do this by selecting Connection Security Rules in the navigation pane of the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security dialog box.

problem opening sharepoint site

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I have installed a new server with WSS 3.0.  I can open the SharePoint site from the local computer, but I cannot get to it from another computer.  I installed it as a stand alone server, it is a member of my domain.  I have a development server that was not a member of the domain (it is it’s own DC) that I have no problems connecting to.  The IIS settings are the same on both servers. I the only difference is the one the I can’t connect to is a member of the domain.  I know this has got to be simple but I am not seeing it.

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I knew it was simple.  Windows firewall.  I was not the one who configured the new server and assumed that the firewall would be off or configured properly.