IB wireless login problems to tws

Discussion in 'Trading Software' started by gwac, Aug 28, 2008.

  1. gwac

    gwac

    Anyone ever had a problem with certain wireless networks where they could not log on to tws. Are there any solutions.

    Never had a problem except for the public liabrary one.


    TIA
     
  2. GTS

    GTS

    Probably blocking one of the ports TWS requires
     
  3. gwac

    gwac

    noway around this?


    TIA

     
  4. Agreed. Sounds like a port issue, not TWS.
     
  5. GTS

    GTS

    Its possible to proxy or tunnel the traffic through a port that is allowed (say port 80, http) but the technical details of how to do that maybe too daunting.

    If you want to check if the ports are open do these telnet tests from a command (cmd.exe) prompt:

    telnet gw1.ibllc.com 4001
    and
    telnet mktgw1.ibllc.com 4000

    If it connects you will get a blank screen, failure looks like this:

    Connecting To mktgw1.ibllc.com...Could not open connection to the host, on port 4000: Connect failed
     
  6. gwac

    gwac

    thanks