How do you open port 3283 when firewall is off?

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How do you open port 3283 when firewall is off?

I've had no success trying to get ARD working on a new Snow Leopard Server 10.6.2 install on an XServe. Can't get it working from the Sharing control panel, and tried all the different syntax options in kickstart here
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2342445&tstart=15
and here http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2370

A port scan shows that port 3283 is closed, but the computer firewall is off, and there is no external firewall. Another 10.6.2 Server works fine on ARD, so it's internal to the first one.
How can I open that port? Hoping that's the problem.
Thanking anyone for feedback.

Intel XServe, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Mar 9, 2010 2:41 PM

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varjak paw

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Mar 9, 2010 2:57 PM in response to Frank Fulchiero

It's probably a Mac OS X firewall fault, where it's actually holding that port closed even though it claims the firewall is off. I'd suggest you ask in the Mac OS X Server forum; you'll be more likely to get help with this problem there this not being an ARD problem per se.

This of course presumes that the Xserve isn't behind a router that might be filtering that port. If both Xserver are on the same subnet, that probably won't be the case, but if the problem Xserve is on a different subnet, you might check the router's filter.

Regards.

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