Problem

A customer in an organisation needs to know the JAWS/Fusion Remote Access and networking ports to make necessary accommodations to allow traffic between client and server machines.

Resolution

1. The following table shows the ports used by JAWS/Fusion for Remote Access and networking.
   
2. For authorisation ports TCP 80, 20 and 21, UDP 5093 and 5094 and  must be availablle.
3. For Remote Access purposes bi-directional communication is needed over the stated ports. 
   
4. The Seamless Updates feature introduced in 2024 also take place over ports 80, 20 and 21
   

Filenames and ports

File paths for JAWS 13.0 and above

1. jfw.exe = "C:\Program Files\Freedom Scientific\JAWS[year/version"
   
2. CAutil.dll = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Freedom Scientific
   \Activator\3.0\”
3. FSAuth = "C:\Program Files\Freedom Scientific\Shared\Authorization Tools\6.0"
   
4. FSActivate.exe = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Freedom Scientific\Activator\1.1\ "
   

Note:
For [year/version] substitute the year or version that applies to the installed

File paths for JAWS 12.0 and below

1. jfw.exe = JAWSXX\JFW.exe
   
2. CAUtil = c:\JAWSXX\Activator\1.1
   
3. FSAuth.exe = c:\JAWSXX
   
4. FSActivate.exe = c:\AWSXX\Activator\1.1

Note:

For XX above substitute JAWS two digit version number.