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aglio412
01-22-2002, 05:57 PM
any here from the dc area...or recently have your @home connection switched to comcast?

the conversion happened today, i still have the same IP, but for some reason port 80 on my machine is no longer viewable...arrrgh!

i don't think it's a problem with my webserver either, localhost works...when i get back home i'm going to mess with some other ports.

anyone else have this problem? i might need a way around it.
JPR
01-22-2002, 09:44 PM
Hmm are you syre it's port 80??? Port 80 is used by tcp to send and recieve http. No http no web pages.
aglio412
01-23-2002, 06:51 AM
Originally posted by JPR
Hmm are you syre it's port 80??? Port 80 is used by tcp to send and recieve http. No http no web pages.

yeah i'm positive it's port 80, that's the port i'm running my webserver on. i tried switching up the port as well...and nothing, they must be blocking everything.

arrrgh...am i actually going to have to...gulp...pay for web hosting?
billxp
01-24-2002, 09:43 AM
Originally posted by JPR
Hmm are you syre it's port 80??? Port 80 is used by tcp to send and recieve http. No http no web pages.
Port 80 is used for inbound traffic to a web server.

If blocked has no effect on your ability to visit webpages.

You just can't run a server on that port.

Check out www.no-ip.com for solutions.
aglio412
01-24-2002, 10:38 AM
Originally posted by billxp

Port 80 is used for inbound traffic to a web server.

If blocked has no effect on your ability to visit webpages.

You just can't run a server on that port.

Check out www.no-ip.com for solutions.

thanks for the link!

i actually jumped to conclusions. i heard a while back that @home was going to block webservers from their cable network, and figured once comcast took over they went ahead and did that. however, i must have written this thread just as i was getting a new comcast IP...so i just need to update DNS. i'm worried that comcast will switch my IP (DHCP and all) whereas @home used dhcp, but basically gave everyone a static IP, time will tell. but if that's the case, i'll definitely look into using the free no-ip service.