VBScript using WMI through a firewall

[kmcferrin]

Hey all, I have written some custom VBScript tools to gather and report on data from our servers using WMI calls. Everything works great, expect that there are two servers in a DMZ that I can't access because of the firewall. I have access to the firewall, so I can change the policies to allow traffic through, all I need to know is what ports are necessary in order to successfully connect to WMI on the remote systems. Does anyone know?

The only info I found from MS was that you needed to allow DCOM traffic (TCP 135) through, but that doesn't seem to do it.

 

[tsuji]

Check out this.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...k/wmi/connecting_through_windows_firewall.asp

 

[kmcferrin]

I already read that, it explains how to configure PCs with Windows Firewall installed to allow remote administration via WMI by setting application exceptions. Since this isn't Windows firewall, it's not much help.

What I need to know is specifically what ports are used to communicate when doing remote management.

 

[tsuji]

The article suggests 135.