tinc - Jan 2008 - Windows client not honorring the Port directive?

Hi all,

I have trouble making a tinc daemon on a Windows XP machine behave properly.
In order to let the connection go through the (NAT) firewall I need to
be able to pinpoint the exact portnumber used, so I can make the
proper rewriting rules.

However when I don't specify any Port number the firewall receives
connection attempt for the other tinc machine on the internet from a
"random" high port number (1025 and up, increasing with each attempt).

If I *do* specify a Port directive in the Host configuration then the
daemon is still using the "random" high portnumbers.

And of course, because the other tinc daemon (on the internet) is
expecting either port 655 or the one I have specified in the
configuration, the connection is dropped.

Does any one have any clues as to what could be wrong here? (This
being Windows, I have already rebooted, several times ;-) )

My following step would be a reinstall of the Windows machine and try
again (not impossible, but a pretty useless solution when talking
about 100+ Windows PC's).

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Hans Voss a ?crit :
> Hi all,
> 
> I have trouble making a tinc daemon on a Windows XP machine behave
properly.
> In order to let the connection go through the (NAT) firewall I need to
> be able to pinpoint the exact portnumber used, so I can make the
> proper rewriting rules.
> 
> However when I don't specify any Port number the firewall receives
> connection attempt for the other tinc machine on the internet from a
> "random" high port number (1025 and up, increasing with each
attempt).
> 
> If I *do* specify a Port directive in the Host configuration then the
> daemon is still using the "random" high portnumbers.
> 
> And of course, because the other tinc daemon (on the internet) is
> expecting either port 655 or the one I have specified in the
> configuration, the connection is dropped.
> 
> Does any one have any clues as to what could be wrong here? (This
> being Windows, I have already rebooted, several times ;-) )
> 
> My following step would be a reinstall of the Windows machine and try
> again (not impossible, but a pretty useless solution when talking
> about 100+ Windows PC's).
> 
The tinc port is the destination port. The source port is randomly generate.

sich