TCP/IP Ports

Access Connect uses the following TCP/IP ports

• TCP port 311 (default) - TCP/IP Port for Time Machine.
• TCP Port 548 (default) - TCP/IP Port for AFP Connections.
• TCP Port 8081 (default) - TCP/IP Port for Print Configuration.
• TCP Port 515 (default) - TCP/IP Port for Print Jobs.
• TCP & UDP Port 427* - SLP Lookups.
• TCP & UDP Port 427* - SLP Lookups (large data return).
• TCP & UDP Port 5353* - Bonjour.
• TCP & UDP Port 5353* - Bonjour (large data return).

*Both port types must be added.

Note: If you choose to not add the SLP and/or Bonjour ports, you should disable those features inside of Access Connect.

Additional AFP port notes

If Microsoft Services for Macintosh (SFM) or another AFP server is already running on port 548 when Access Connect is installed, Access Connect will use the next available port, which will usually be 549. This allows you to use Access Connect alongside SFM for testing purposes. A Mac client computer will, by default, connect to AFP volumes on port 548. If the server is set to a different port, Mac users may accidentally connect through SFM instead of Access Connect, unless they know to add the special port number at the end of the server address. It is possible to connect to a shared volume on another port by specifying the port as part of the server address. For example, you can connect to an AFP server running on port 549 by specifying "fileserver.example.com:549" in the Mac OS X "Connect to Server..." dialog. When Access Connect is running on a port other than 548, a warning notice will be displayed in the main Access Connect Administrator window. If you are running Access Connect as your primary AFP server and you're seeing this warning, you will want to make sure you have the SFM service disabled and that the Access Connect AFP port setting in the "Settings" dialog is set to port 548.