Port 80 in Use

[NormanRMouton]

I am running WAS 10.5. Have a problem. The WAS will just stop. When I want to start it an error saying Port 80 already in use pos up. When I run netstat I cannot see any program that uses port 80. Then I have to restart the machine. Don't have IIS installed etc.I read through the forum and cannot find a solution. Please help!

[Maroine81]

Re: Port 80 in Use

Norman welcome to the forum!

I read through the forum and cannot find a solution

you probably haven't used the advanced search feature of the forum where you can search titles only: check how many posts exist already in the forum about this port 80 in use

You could try to configure alpha to use another port by going to control panel --> tools menu --> web application server or you could try to fugure out which program is using port 80 and change that to use another port.

[NormanRMouton]

Re: Port 80 in Use

Maroine

Thanks. Sometimes solutions to a problem seems so far and difficult to find, but if you have a forum like this it becomes easier. I found a solution.

1. I changed the port in the WAS to a port not being used.
2. In the ADSL router I changed the port forwarding settings as follows:
a. From Port: 80 to port the new port as changed in step 1.

It works wonderful

[NormanRMouton]

Re: Port 80 in Use

It is still happening. I have the thread logging. Where can I send it to be examined.

[SNusa]

Re: Port 80 in Use

It is still happening. I have the thread logging. Where can I send it to be examined.

Sounds like something else (a windows service) may be hanging. It could also be a firewall or even a/v causing issues.
If you're not running off a dedicated server, there might be another program stealing the port when all inbound connections are closed?
For kicks, try setting everything to port 8888. If it still doesn't work, look at your windows log events for critical stops to see what may be "failing."

You don't have IIS installed, but if you did I'd check all websites to make sure they are only using 1 version of .net., or maybe front page extensions, sharepoint etc....... Somehow, a Windows update (at some point) resulted in duplicate "somethings" running within the IIS setting framework. (I''ve got a server that used to lock up email every couple of months because one of the URL's somehow had conflicting (multiple) versions of "something" being active. ~ At least that's what I recall was the problem.) After disabling the old version the problem has never reoccurred. (it's been over a year, knock on wood.) ~ When this would happen, (prior to fixing) a reboot of the server was necessary. Somehow the conflict was causing a service (necessary to receive inbound smtp mail into the mail server) to fail. (hence the reboot)

The first instance of WAS may still be running after the fail. Have you <ctrl><alt><deleted> to see if any WAS 10.5 services are still active after it errors out? (before you try to restart WAS)

"Ghosts in The Machine"

[madtowng]

Re: Port 80 in Use

I had the same problem. At random times the Alpha Five server would just stop responding to web requests.
My solution was to have the server reboot itself at 02:30 every day.
I haven't had the problem since.
On a side note, I do have approximately 40 computers do automatic refreshes every 15 seconds. I have no idea
if that is the cause of the problem, but I can deal with a 3 minute maintenance window if it solves the problem.

[Ted Giles]

Re: Port 80 in Use

Norman, if you haven't already got it, try this.
http://www.whatsrunning.net/
Its invaluable and free. Shows everything you might want to know about.
I had a similar problem when I downloaded the Microsoft WebMatrix stuff. Blocked Port 80 with a closed web page.
So if you have been testing pages, have a look to see what port they are attached to.

[Clipper87]

Re: Port 80 in Use

Norman,

most probably you have Skype installed on your PC which is using port 80. In Skype select Tools/Advanced/Connection & deselect "use port 80 & 443 as an alternative for incoming connections"