Ports and Replication in SQL Server 2000

Hi,
We are trying to configure sql server 2000 transactional replication across
2 data centres through vpn and firewall. While port 1433 is open for sql
server communication, it looks like the anonymous pull subscription uses a
different port to download the initial snapshot files.
We are not using FTP to download the snapshot files, bu the option to find
the snapshot files in the default folder.
We would like to know which port that the replication agent uses to download
the snapshot files to be opened? Can this port be configured to a fixed
unused port and how? Is FTP the best way for this scenarion?
Thanks for your help and time.
Vivek
If you don't use FTP SQL will download the snapshot from the default folder
which is usually a shared folder (NETBIOS).
I don't know the ports you have to open to make that works... but you
certainly don't want to do that...
I think you should activate the FTP server in your internal network (ie:
using the VPN) and make the subscribers download the snapshots from there.
Jos.
"vivek" <vivek@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> We are trying to configure sql server 2000 transactional replication
across
> 2 data centres through vpn and firewall. While port 1433 is open for sql
> server communication, it looks like the anonymous pull subscription uses a
> different port to download the initial snapshot files.
> We are not using FTP to download the snapshot files, bu the option to find
> the snapshot files in the default folder.
> We would like to know which port that the replication agent uses to
download
> the snapshot files to be opened? Can this port be configured to a fixed
> unused port and how? Is FTP the best way for this scenarion?
> Thanks for your help and time.
> Vivek