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Re: [ECS] Remote applet access problem Mark Gilmore Fri, 14 Apr 2000 13:49:56 -0400

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Hi Rob,
What do you mean by "getting the port #" ?
My JAVA pgm is already getting it from a
PARAMETER in the HTTP file.
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Rob Hicks wrote:
> 
> Hi Mark.
> 
> I don't think your problem is as easy to fix as explicitly providing the
> port number. It seems that you have already done that.
> 
> I suspect that that your Java programs are not getting the port number and
> that you don't have any other http services (even at port 80) running on
> your machine that they can resolve. One way to test this assumption is to
> load a conventional web server at port 80 or, if you don't have any other
> http services loaded on your machine, change your ECS_PORT value to 80 and
> then try using a simple http request. If the Java programs are not getting
> the port number, when you make this change, they should resolve to the
> standard http port, 80, and you'll know that you need to make sure that they
> are picking up the "new" 3000 port number.
> 
> Regards,
> Rob Hicks
> Voice: 801-226-1346
> Email: robhicks@utah-inter.net
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dario Greggio [mailto:adpm@ipsnet.it]
> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2000 10:06 AM
> To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
> Subject: Re: [ECS] Remote applet access problem
> 
> Mark Gilmore wrote:
> >
> >
> > I get the feeling that I am missing something obvious.
> > I note that the addr in message below does NOT include the port #
> > (3000).
> > Any ideas ? Thanks.
> 
> Could it be so obvious? :-))
> If you don't enter a port#, any browser will default to port 80
> (decimal).
> So, you should either change the setting for ECS (as I did with my
> Joshua) or force the ":3000" in the remote address. But in the second
> case you may have proxy troubles or things like those.
> So, unless you (or anybody else) is having a Web server installed, I
> suggest changing it. Proxy (such as Wingate) don't have this problem, as
> you can always move them to another port (there is no default, 8080 is
> just a suggestion).
> 
> Did you incorporate also a FTP server, or mail server, or telnet server?
> They are less useful than HTML/JAVA, but you could use FTP or telnet to
> get (or set) status in text-only window mode. Or you could get emails to
> alert the user. It's fast (faster than Java!! You did a great job!) and
> easy in C++.
> 
> --
> Ciao,
> Dario
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