are there any drawbacks to using proxy_mode on the controller?

Products

• DX Unified Infrastructure Management (Nimsoft / UIM)

Issue/Introduction

The controller probe has an option for "proxy mode" which says that it forces all the probes to use port 48000, eliminating the need to open multiple ports on a firewall.

Are there any downsides to using this option?

Environment

DXUIM - Any version

Robot - any version

 

Resolution

There are no known drawbacks or limitations to this mode, but there are a few points to keep in mind:

• This mode only applies to non-hub robots. It will not work on hub robots, as hubs explicitly require a diffferent port than the controller or other probes.
• When proxy_mode is enabled, either do not set first_probe_port in the robot.cfg, or set it to 48000.  Any other value may provide unexpected results.