HELLO EVERYONE,
WHILE INSTALLING SQL SERVER I HAD ENCOUNTERED A WARNING MESSAGE REGARDING WINDOWS FIREWALL. AFTER SOME RESEARCH , I GOT TO KNOW THE STEPS TO TROUBLE SHOOT. IT SAYS I NEED TO GO TO WINDOWS FIREWALL AND ADD THE PORT NUMBER 1433 IN INBOUND & OUTBOUND SECTION USING THE PROTOCOL- TCP/IP & 1434 TO INBOUND & OUTBOUND OPTION SECTION USING THE PROTOCOL OPTION - UDP.
I WANT TO KNOW CAN I ADD THE PORT NUMBER 1433 USING UDP PROTOCOL INSTEAD OF TCP/IP PROTOCOL IN FIREWALL SETTINGS ; IF NO THEN WHAT IS THE REASON?
AND WHY CANT WE HAVE USE ONE PROTOCOL : TCP OR UPD AND ADD THE PORT NUMBERS 1433 & 1434 FOR ACCESSING SERVER & SQL BROWSER SERVICES ?
PLEASE HELP.
THANKS , SAURAV GHOSH
saurav ghosh