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From: Beth Kirschner (bkirschn_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-28 15:22:21


Hi,

   We're trying to use LAM/MPI in a (loosely bound) Mac OSX cluster. The
LAM/MPI user's guide states that LAM/MPI "uses random TCP ports" and
that "firewall support must be either disabled or opened between
machines". Neither option is viable for us -- is there any way to
restrict the TCP ports that get used? I noticed a long thread on this
subject back in 2003
(http://www.lam-mpi.org/MailArchives/lam-devel/2003/10/0028.php), but it
was left with open issues. Is there any (hopefully easy) way to restrict
TCP ports to a specified range?

Thanks!
- Beth