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A perimeter hardware firewall would not interfere with lan traffic on the same
subnet. It still would be a good idea to try booting into safe mode with networking
as part of the troubleshooting process. --- Steve
"J. Clarke" <jclarke@docstorsysNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks Steve/Dave - For sure there is only one instance of the app running,
> with no others running. A personal firewall is not running on this macine
> either. Would a hardware firewall prevent UDP messages from flowing on an
> internal network? I'm not in the office now so I can't try the netstat -a
> command (yet). I appreciate the suggestions.
>
> Jeff
>
> "Steven L Umbach" <n9rou@n0-spam-for-me-comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:QQwRc.269049$Oq2.144989@attbi_s52...
> > Make sure that no firewall [software or hardware], protection application,
> or port
> > filtering is interfering. Software firewalls and other startup apps can be
> bypassed
> > by booting into safe mode with networking which could put a computer at
> risk however
> > if that is all that is protecting them from the internet. Software
> firewalls in
> > particular offer many possibilities to block legitimate traffic, but can
> be
> > configured to allow it. If you suspect a permissions issue, temporarily
> add the user
> > to the local administrators group to see if the problem goes away or not.
> Using a
> > packet sniffer like the free Ethereal can help trouble shoot network
> applications by
> > watching the packet sequence, though it would be more helpful to also
> compare results
> > to working computer. Also look in the Event Viewer of the problem computer
> for any
> > pertinent error massages. --- Steve
> >
> >
> > "J. Clarke" <jclarke@docstorsysNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
> > news:uYi4L9XfEHA.2380@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > All -
> > >
> > > I have an app on W2K that recieves a UDP on a specific port. With the
> > > exception of 1 user it works great (for the rest of the users). The one
> > > user gets an error message about unable to bind to the port. I am
> starting
> > > to recieve reports of this happening in the field with out application.
> > >
> > > I am thinking this is privledge related to the users profile. Darned if
> I
> > > know what it could be. If anyone has any thoughts please point me in a
> > > direction to help resolve it....
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Jeff
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>