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PCoip port - external access

Dear All,

I want to acces my View desktop from external (no security server) using the PCoip prototcol. I can access my View desktops within the network using both protocol RDP and PCoip.

I do understand I would need to open some ports on my firewall for the PCoip protocol. However I'm not sure which ports.

I read in the View Administration doc it's only port 4172 (TCP and UDP). But here in the forum I read, PCOIP use 50002 and 32111 too.

Could someone tell me, which ports I have to open for external access (no security server)

Thanks

Edy

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a_p_
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See KB article http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1026766 for port usage.

André

idle-jam
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André has pointed the right page. Alternatively i would just provide a VPN option (you could use a free type) for my client which would make things much easier and not putting my view server in a DMZ.


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mittim12
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The PCOIP ports used in 4.5 are different from the earlier versions but Andre's document should point you in the right direction. Keep in mind that PCOIP always connects directly to the VDI client and can't be tunneled. I think your best option would be what Idle has suggested and try to use a VPN to connect to the network and then utilize PCOIP.






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pcerda
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Hi,

View 4.0 used port 50002 (TCP/UDP) for PCoIP. View 4.5 uses port 4172 (TCP/UDP) por PCoIP.

Anyway, i recommend to use VPN for remote connection with PCoIP protocol.

Remember PCoIP makes a direct connection between View Client and View Agent. PCoIP uses View Connection Server only for authentication tasks, and to chose an available desktop.




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fafa24
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Thanks for your answers.

I'm not really a securtiy guy. I have a router with a firewall and only the ports absolutely needed are open. Second the Windows Firewall is on at the Connection Server (Windows Server 2008 R2) with only the open ports required.

You say PCOIP does a direct connection to the View desktops. Does it mean the View desktops is fully exposed to the Internet then? Even I use a https connection? Would that be with RGP different?

Thanks

Edy

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mittim12
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That is correct that the PC would need to be exposed in order for the client to take advantage of PCOIP. That is why it would be best practice to utilize a VPN if you want to take advantage of PCOIP. With RDP you can tunnel the connection but unless you utilized a security server it would be your internal Connection broker would be exposed. This is the advantage of using a security server which is a scaled down version of a connection broker.






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fafa24
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Thank you!

Maybe at a later stage I add a security server. I don't think my connection server is very exposed now. I may only opt for RDP in this case.

Could you please provide me a good VPN solution (best open source)?

Thanks

Edy

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