Problem connecting to http on port 81

albi albi at scii.nl
Sun Sep 25 17:10:57 PDT 2005


On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 16:09:33 -0700
Vincent Stipo <vscg13 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a problem connecting to webservers(http) that run on port 81 using
> freebsd 5.4
>  I can't get it to work with lynx, wget. BitTorrent cant connect to trackers
> that run on 81 either.
>  I don't have any firewalls or anything installed. I have no clue what the
> problem is.
>  For example.. my server can access http://filelist.org:80 just fine. but
> when i try http://filelist.org:81 it fails to connect.

- are you using any proxy-software or proxy-server from your ISP ?
- is your ISP blocking port 81 ?
- your modem or router doesn't have a firewall blocking port 81 ?

-- 
grtjs, albi
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