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RE: [ECS] Remote applet access problem Rob Hicks Fri, 14 Apr 2000 12:24:57 -0600

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Mark,

Although you have set the parameter, are you sure that it is getting the
port number? If it hasn't that could explain why you're getting the errors
that you are.

Rob Hicks
Voice: 801-226-1346
Email: robhicks@utah-inter.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Gilmore [mailto:omnip@usit.net]
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2000 11:50 AM
To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
Subject: Re: [ECS] Remote applet access problem

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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Mark Gilmore
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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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