PC Anywhere Ports

[leeym]

I have just configured multiple devices on my network to act as PC Anywhere hosts. I've done this by enabling port forwarding on my firewall. Everything work okay, but I've a quick question:

By industry standard, the port range for PC Anywhere is 5631-5632. And for additional devices, the ports would be 5633-5634, 5635-5636, etc. Technically I could have an infinite amount of PC Anywhere hosts on my network, but eventually these occupied ports would consume ports reserved for other application types.

How would I overcome this challenge?

Thanks

 

[TechnoPro]

You say "Technically I could have an infinite amount of PC Anywhere hosts on my network". No, technically, you cannot, but I won't belabor that point.

For starters, when you start dealing with enterprise-scale remote conenctivity solutions, PC Anywhere is not a viable option. Yes, Symantec does push it as an option, but read their case studies - they don't include any large-scale operations.

Second, from a very casual arithmetic perspective, you are starting in the 5600 port range. This leaves you with just shy of 60,000 ports available. Assume 2 ports per host and you have 30,000. Assume HALF are reserved for other applications (which is an absurdly huge assumption), this leaves you with the capability for 15,000 hosts behind 1 public IP address. Think about that...

Another thing to consider is the concept of a port-forwarding table containing 30,000 entries. Most routers would not handle that well...

 

[ojai00]

Originally posted by: TechnoProAnother thing to consider is the concept of a port-forwarding table containing 30,000 entries. Most routers would not handle that well...

Would a router even let you have that many entries? 😛

 

[leeym]

Can you recommend an enterpise solution equivalent to PC Anywhere? Thanks

 

[TechnoPro]

Originally posted by: leeym
Can you recommend an enterpise solution equivalent to PC Anywhere? Thanks

For starters, posting this question in the Networking section will yield you with better answers than I can provide.

With that said... Give us some details:

What exactly do you need to accomplish?

How many users require remote access?

How many simultaneously?

Access to what kind of data?

Estimated project budget?

Blah blah blah, the guys in Networking ask better questions... Seriously, though, define the scope of the project a bit more clearly.

 

[TechnoPro]

Originally posted by: ojai00

Originally posted by: TechnoProAnother thing to consider is the concept of a port-forwarding table containing 30,000 entries. Most routers would not handle that well...

Would a router even let you have that many entries? 😛

Let's pretend that it could for a minute... The real nightmare, as far as I would be concerned, would be the actual data entry involved with 30,000 port forwarding entries. Unless there was some method of automating this process? In the "real world" of make believe routers and big numbers, such a chore would definitely be outsourced to India. Of this, I am certain.