From ffd508148551b791cdf4103789d8f402aa41f013 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Reggie Pierce Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 11:22:46 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Fixed port range Actual port range for ZMQ is 49152 through 65535. Also fixed some grammar/spelling issues. --- docs/source/notebook/public_server.rst | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/source/notebook/public_server.rst b/docs/source/notebook/public_server.rst index 9e197ef20..e8b9a32c6 100644 --- a/docs/source/notebook/public_server.rst +++ b/docs/source/notebook/public_server.rst @@ -111,13 +111,13 @@ to ``https://your.host.com:9999`` with ``ipython notebook Firewall Setup `````````````` -To function correctly, the firewall on computer running the ipython server must be +To function correctly, the firewall on the computer running the ipython server must be configured to allow connections from client machines on the ``c.NotebookApp.port`` port to allow connections to the web interface. The firewall must also allow -connections from 127.0.0.1 on ports in the range of 10000 to 65535, which are used -by the server to communicate with the notebook kernels. The kernel communication -ports are chosen randomly by ZeroMQ, and my require multiple connections per kernel -so a large range of ports must be accessible. +connections from 127.0.0.1 (localhost) on ports from 49152 to 65535. +These ports are used by the server to communicate with the notebook kernels. +The kernel communication ports are chosen randomly by ZeroMQ, and may require +multiple connections per kernel, so a large range of ports must be accessible. Running with a different URL prefix -----------------------------------