"Nigel J. Andrews" <nandrews@investsystems.co.uk> writes:
> This evening I try again and as before get no where. However, I then go into
> the firewall setup and disable one particular rule that opens all remote
> hosts/ports for a particular service. [ and then things worked ]
Ooh, been there done that...
I'd suggest watching the traffic with tcpdump or some such tool. I'll
bet there are transactions going on between ports that you didn't think
you needed to open.
regards, tom lane