connection from virtual ip address to firewall?

Hi,
We try to connect from a same named instance to a linked sql server in the
DMZ. The firewall has been set up to allow connections from the virtual ip
address of the instance to pass through and the linked server has been set
up correctly to connect through TCP/IP and the correct port. However, we
cannot connect and we see on the firewall that the requests are coming from
the active cluster node, not from the virtual ip address (even if we open a
Remote Desktop connection to the virtual server name). How can we solve
this?
Hans
This is how clustering works. Make sure you have the Node's IP defined for
access through the firewall.
Cheers,
Rod
"HVE" <eylenh@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> We try to connect from a same named instance to a linked sql server in the
> DMZ. The firewall has been set up to allow connections from the virtual ip
> address of the instance to pass through and the linked server has been set
> up correctly to connect through TCP/IP and the correct port. However, we
> cannot connect and we see on the firewall that the requests are coming
from
> the active cluster node, not from the virtual ip address (even if we open
a
> Remote Desktop connection to the virtual server name). How can we solve
> this?
> Hans