Re: [webmin-l] [1.260] Sporadic loss of contact between two webmins

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On 18/May/2006 18:44 Joaquim Homrighausen wrote ..
> 
> >Make sure you allow a few TCP ports above 1080 (like up to 1100) as well,
> as
> >Webmin uses them for server-to-server communication .. and blocking them
> >could cause just this kind of periodic failures.
> 
> OK; if both machines are behind firewalls, which firewall do I need to
> open for what?
> 
> Do I need to open both for an inbound range of 1080-1100, or is it teacher
> that opens the channel back to the master webmin on a different port? Or
> does the webmin master open both sockets, like a passive FTP connection?

Basically, the 'master' server needs to be able to connect to the 'slave'
on ports 1080-1100. The connections are always only one-way.

 - Jamie