That's pretty wild that they don't even let businesses host their own sites. I'd complain to them long before I complain to dyndns. They must have some account that lets you use port 80, right? -Brian On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 7:20 AM, <jg6789@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Brian, > tried my.domain.com to my.domain.com:8080. doesnt work only allows IP:PORT. > btw Cox internet out here even with a business account blocks port 80. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Mearns" <mearns.b@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 3:40 AM > Subject: Re: Running Multiple Windows Services on port 8080 > > >> As far as I know, dyndns gives you an actual DNS lookup, so when >> someone types your subdomain into their browser, it does a DNS lookup, >> and gets the IP address you gave to dyndns. That's why port numbers >> work, it's not that dyndns is listening on every port and forwarding >> based on the requested subdomain. That being the case, I don't think >> there's any way to do what you want here: DNS maps names to ip >> addresses, it doesn't know anything about ports. >> >> I'm not sure how webhop works: you can't tell it to redirect >> my.domain.com to my.domain.com:8080? Are you only able to give an IP >> address and port for the destination? >> >> If you have legitimate business needs for this site, your best bet is >> probably to just get a business account with your ISP that will >> unblock port 80. You'd probably get a static IP with the account, too, >> so you wouldn't need dyndns, you can just buy a 5$ a year domain name >> of your own. Plus, additional bandwidth. >> >> -Brian >> >> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 8:05 PM, <jg6789@xxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> We are using dydns too. We can append the port number, sure. that sucks >>> for >>> users though. (thats why we use webhop)maybe we should petition dyndns to >>> allow the domains they hand out to be linked to an IPADDRESS:PORT instead >>> of >>> just an IP. That would elminate any workarounds like webhop and suffice >>> to >>> say solve the port 80 issue with ISP's. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Mearns" <mearns.b@xxxxxxxxx> >>> To: <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 2:44 PM >>> Subject: Re: Running Multiple Windows Services on port 8080 >>> >>> >>>> How are you "redirecting" to the IP address? I used to use dyndns.com >>>> for my subdomain name, and I was able to append the port number with >>>> no problem. E.g., my subdomain was something like bmearns.homeip.net, >>>> so I just went to http://bmearns.homeip.net:8080. >>>> >>>> Do you not want users to see your IP address for security reasons? Or >>>> just because it's ugly and utterly forgettable? If it's for security >>>> reasons, and they're connecting directly to your site through the >>>> domain forwarding (i.e., not through a proxy), then they should be >>>> able to get your IP address anyway with a DNS lookup. >>>> >>>> -Brian >>>> >>>>>> jg6789@xxxxxxx wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> John, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> We too are limited to port 8080. since our ISP blocks port 80. Have >>>>>>> you >>>>>>> ever found a work around for this? We currently have to have our >>>>>>> domain >>>>>>> [sub.domain.com] redirect to 72.x.x.x.:8080 in order for it to work. >>>>>>> Now >>>>>>> users see the ip address in the browser address bar. not good. not >>>>>>> good >>>>>>> at >>>>>>> all. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Apache 2.2.9 >>>>>>> Linksys Gateway/Router WCG200 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Jay >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server >>>> Project. >>>> See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server >>> Project. >>> See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. >> See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. 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