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JoeDr

30 May, 2010 11:44 PM

I need to know the port that Moneydance uses to sync with the iPhone to open it in my firewall.

1. 1 Posted by Ben Spencer on 02 Jun, 2010 07:03 PM

   

   Hi JoeDr

   I am sorry I didn't get back to your sooner.

   The Moneydance app on the iphone sends out mdns packets on source port 5353 dst port 5353. I did a packet sniff using wire shark to verify this. This is standard for the bonjour protocol.

   Ben Spencer
   Moneydance Support

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2. 2 Posted by Joe Drolet on 02 Jun, 2010 07:32 PM

   

   Thanks Ben

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3. 3 Posted by Ben Spencer on 02 Jun, 2010 07:59 PM

   

   the iphone app will listen for http/tcp requests on port 6362

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4. 4 Posted by Joe Drolet on 19 Jun, 2010 02:39 PM

   

   Ben, I just returned to my weekend place where I tried your advice. Once I added 5353 AND 5354 it worked like a charm.

   Thanks

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5. 5 Posted by Ben Spencer on 19 Jun, 2010 02:44 PM

   

   Hi Joe

   I am glad to here the problem is resolved. can you give me a little more information about this resolution. Were you running a personal firewall on the desktop computer or are your referring to a firewall in your wifi router?

   Ben Spencer

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6. 6 Posted by Joe Drolet on 19 Jun, 2010 03:24 PM

   

   Ben, this is my weekend place and I am running a Netgear wireless router with its own firewall. It is quite restrictive and the only relief I have is to open specific ports. At home the wireless firewall is less restrictive and I don't have to open any specific ports to successfully sync.

   I'd be glad to provide any more specific details. I love the Moneydance product.

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7. 7 Posted by Ben Spencer on 19 Jun, 2010 03:33 PM

   

   Hi Joe

   I am a little surprised that your router was passing traffic on the same local network through a firewall. If you could tell me the model of the router that might be helpfull in diagnosing the problems that other users are having.

   Ben

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8. 8 Posted by Joe Drolet on 19 Jun, 2010 03:38 PM

   

   It is a Netgear WGT624 V4.

   I hope this helps others.

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9. Angie Rauscher closed this discussion on 02 Jul, 2010 04:24 AM.