[mpich-discuss] MPI_Comm_connect and firewall

[Rajeev Thakur]

Try setting the environment variable MPICH_PORT_RANGE to min:max to 
indicate the port range.


Robert Kubrick wrote:
> I need to connect an MPI program to a server behind a firewall, using 
> MPI_Comm_connect. How can I configure the IP port that MPI_Open_port 
> should use on the server?
> 
> So for port:
> tag#0$port#57718$description#192.168.2.1$ifname#192.168.2.1$
> 
> How can I change 57718 to another port authorized for remote connection?
>