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Hey all. I'm trying to run Uniform Server 3.3 on a windows 98 machine behind a linksys router. I have changed the memory allocation thingumy so that it starts fine.

 

My problem is that I can't access the server from outside. I have removed the restrictions from .htaccess and I have forwarded port 80 through to the server. When none of this worked (I just got various 'forbidden' or 'not found' errors) I tried changing the port the server was using by editing httpd.conf. However, when I change it to anything but 80, the whole thing stops working. It won't even redirect to the admin panel when I start the server.

 

If anyone has any suggestions as to how I may be able to fix this, it would be much appreciated. I am completely new to this, and I've only been able to get as far as I have by studying these forums, so it may be that I've missed something blatantly obvious.

 

Thanks.

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No firewall, only the router. I am pretty sure I forwarded the port correctly, I did it the same way I have always done it. As far as I know, nothing else is using any of the ports I tried.

 

The only thing I can think of is that the ISP is blocking port 80, which is why I tried to change ports. Only, when I tried that the whole thing broke. Is there a specific set of things I must do to change the port to something other than 80?

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  • 3 weeks later...

Just change Listen 80 to Listen 81 in the httpd.conf file. The new address will then be http://localhost:81, which you have to type in the Address bar as it might not work when the redirect.html file redirects.

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If you are running on localhosot, then Port 80 should still work unless another program is using it like Skype or IIS... Only need to change it when u are using it in production, as in outside access. You ISP can't block port 80 on your PC... for localhost... just outside.

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