hi...

> > I just re-read the docs about ports, and I hope to understand it right.
> > - If I have a firewall between the backup client and  server, the
> > easiest thing is to compile the client with custom --with-tcpportrange
> > and --with-udpportrange settings, and then open these ports in the
> > firewall for packets that are send between client and server?
> >   
> The easiest think to do is to use the 'bsdtcp' auth, it is firewall 
> friendly, it require only one tcp socket per connection.
sorry not an option, cause authentication scheme needs to be the same on
all backup clients.
and changing the rest because of (maybe) one firewall issue on an ESX
server is too much work.

regards,
Oliver