Multicast

[mwilkins]

My firewall guy is blocking multicast address 239.255.219.45, so I ma unable to use Acronis true image server. In order for him to allow me, he wants to exactly why and where and what this broadcast is. Can someone give me a little more info?

[Bubba]

Hello mwilkins....Welcome to Wilders,

Perhaps the below link and post contents will be sufficient for your "firewall guy". Also....it might be best if We moved this thread to our Acronis Support Forum in case you have other questions that the Acronis Support Moderators can better answer.

This link---> Re: Manage Acronis agents behind a firewall (http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?p=783204#post783204)
-{ Quote: "Acronis True Image Enterprise Server uses the following ports and IP addresses for remote operation:

• server (Acronis True Image Agent) UDP port: 9876
• server (Acronis True Image Agent) TCP port: 9876, if busy chose randomly
• client (Acronis True Image Management Console) UDP port: 9877, if busy chose randomly
• IPv4 multicast address: 239.255.219.45
• IPv6 multicast address: FF05::fAA5:741E" }-Bubba