Free Trial Instructions: Bloomberg Installation
Free Trial Instructions: Bloomberg Installation
Free Trial Instructions: Bloomberg Installation
Installation Instructions
Thank you for your interest in the Bloomberg Professional Service. Your login name is _____ and your
password is _____. There are two options to access Bloomberg, one is via the Bloomberg terminal and the
other is via the Bloomberg web site.
http://about.bloomberg.com/videos/b-unit2conversion.htm
Browse to https://bba.bloomberg.net/default/auth/login.aspx and enter your login name and password.If
prompted to install additional software, please follow the instructions on the screen.
Should you decide to take a full Bloomberg license at the end of the trial period, your free trial login can be
moved into a new or existing account, with company consent, so there is no need to create a new login.
If you are unable to log in, please browse to http://www.bloomberg.com/about/contact for local contact
numbers.
For information on access to Bloomberg on mobile devices, please run MOBI <GO> when logged into
Bloomberg.
Network Requirements
Source and Destination Ports
The BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL® Service uses the following source and destinations port numbers
(destination is from the customer perspective):
UDP Source Ports TCP Destination Ports
48129 — 48137 48129 — 48137
TCP Source Ports TCP Destination Ports
8194 — 8395 and 1024 — 50001 8194 — 8198
8194 — 8395 and 1024 — 50001 8209 — 8220
8194 — 8395 and 1024 — 50001 8290 — 8294
From the Bloomberg Connection Wizard (CONN <GO>) deselect the box titled “Use specific TCP port(s)" to
allow for toggling between the source port range of 1024-5000. Selecting this box restricts the source port
range to 8277-8294.
¹ Denotes the Microsoft default ephemeral port range used by Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Windows Vista
and Windows 7 use a range of 49152-65535.
The above network prefixes are advertised using RIP v2 from the Ethernet ports of the Bloomberg Access
Routers installed at the Client Site. Alternatively, clients wishing not to receive RIP can configure their
networks to route statically to the above prefixes through the Ethernet ports of the Bloomberg Access Routers.
Internet
For Internet connections, your PC must have Internet connectivity and the ability to resolve the following DNS
names: pdir.bloomberg.net, sdir.bloomberg.net, api1.bloomberg.net , api2.bloomberg.net, api3.bloomberg.net,
and api4.bloomberg.net.
160.43.250.0 using the subnet mask of 255.255.255.0
206.156.53.0 using the subnet mask of 255.255.255.0
205.216.112.0 using the subnet mask of 255.255.255.0
208.22.56.0 using the subnet mask of 255.255.255.0
208.22.57.0 using the subnet mask of 255.255.255.0
69.191.192.0 using the subnet mask of 255.255.192.0