>I ran into this same issue and found a metalink article to get arount it.
>You must apply the 8.1.7.4 patch and then set a registry or environment
>variable USE_SHARED_SOCKETS = TRUE. This will force oracle to use the same
>port (1521) when your users / processes connect.
Hi,

remember that this parameter (registry setting) is only valid for
Windows. For Unix you will need to use a firewall that uses the Oracle
proxy.

kind regards

Pete
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