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kenboyles72 Offline

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Posted: Nov. 27 2007,00:15

I installed Abyss web server, but it has a listening problem because the port I need is not open. I need to open/enable port 81, how do I go about doing this?

roberts

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Posted: Nov. 27 2007,00:36

Typically the web software opens and starts listening on the port it uses. From DSL you can type netstat -l to see if the port is open on the DSL side.

However, if your ISP blocks this port, or if you are behind a firewall/router. Then you would need to enter the parameters to open up such a port.

Is your question is specific to a router or firewall?

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Posted: Nov. 27 2007,02:11

i'm behind a router. the server program was config'd to listen to port 81, since 80 is blocked by isp. But when I open the gui for the server, is says it cant listen to port 81. When I type netstat -l, there are no ports open.