RPC server not available

[Stefan 'Birdie' Vogel]

Hello,

while trying to connect to a compoter behind a firewall (a real one, not the
WXP-firewall) I get this error:

Failed to connect to \\computername
because "Win32: The RPC server is unavailable."

Any ideas what ports I need to open?

Regards
Stefan

 

[Manbinder Pal Singh [MSFT]]

check this
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...mi/connecting_to_wmi_on_a_remote_computer.asp


Thanks,
Manbinder Pal Singh

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[Stefan 'Birdie' Vogel]

Hello, that doesn't match it exactly. the target computer is in my domain
and I'm using a domain admin from my domain. it is working with all other
computers in the domain, only the one behind that firewall doesn't.

Regards
Stefan

 

[Guest]

The following is from a different post. Maybe it will help you.

I think I figured it out. My solution would pertain to those using SBS 2003
with ISA 2004.

The RPC port 135 is being blocked - by the Microsoft Firewall Client for ISA
2004. To unblock, do the following:

Go to ISA Server Management
Browse to "Firewall Policy"
Select "Edit System Piolicy"
Browse to "Active Directory" under "Authentication Services"
Unchek the box titled "Enforce strict RPC compliance"
Click OK
Apply the new settings


Is this another case of Microsoft protecting us from ourselves?