Protocols and Ports
The Protocols and Ports dialog can be invoked from the System folder of the Control Panel. You may select the communication protocols of the 602SQL server here, i.e. communication methods between client and server. Multiple protocols may be enabled on a server - the client will connect through one of them.
These protocols are supported:
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Inter process communication (ipc) - the most simple method of communication between a client and a server located on a single computer. You don't have to have network components in the computer. Only for Windows, disabled for Linux.
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TCP/IP network protocol - basic method of communication using the standard TCP/IP protocol.
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HTTP tunneling of the network protocol - internal network communication is "hidden" inside the HTTP protocol, thus may pass through various network security measures.
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Web server emulation - SQL server serves as a simple web server - details on Web XML interface page
The protocols requiring network protocols must have a port number specified - network communication will be operated on this port. If you choose the port 80 for HTTP tunnel, you won't be able to run a web server on the computer with the SQL server (the server won't be operating if a web server is already running on the computer).
Further settings for restricting access can be set in the Runtime parameters dialog.
The server communication parameters set there are saved as SQL server properties IPCCommunication, TCPIPCommunication, IPPort, HTTPTunnel, HTTPTunnelPort WebServerEmulation, WebPort.
