TITLE
    AppleShare IP: Changing Default Port Numbers
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Modified: 		30537
5/5/98
5/5/98
TOPIC

    The following questions are discussed in this article.

    1) I would like to run another service on my Power Macintosh G3 Server besides AppleShare IP, but find that the AppleShare IP HTTP service is using Port 80. I'd like to change the port assignment. How do I accomplish that?

    2) I changed the PORT resources to a range of ports made available to me by the network administrator. When I tried to log into the AppleShare server via the Chooser, a 'server not responding' message was displayed.

DISCUSSION

    1) I would like to run another service on my Power Macintosh G3 Server besides AppleShare IP, but find that the AppleShare IP HTTP service is using Port 80. I'd like to change the port assignment. How do I accomplish that?

    Answer) The following modification will allow you to change the port assignments used by the AppleShare IP server. However, the steps provided are unsupported and could result in non-functioning software. Great care should be taken when performing software modifications. Always make a backup of your software prior to performing any changes or modifications.

    The following steps refer to the use of the ResEdit utility, available via Apple Software Updates:
    " http://www.apple.com/support ": US -> Macintosh -> Utilities. The ResEdit utility is an unsupported application.

    1. Quit all open applications.

    2. Make a copy of the "AppleShare IP Web & File" extension located in your System Folder: Extensions folder.

    3. Launch the ResEdit application.

    4. Using the File: Open dialog box, open the copy of the "AppleShare IP Web & File" extension you created in step 2.

    5. ResEdit will display the available resources for the file. Locate and open the resource labeled "PORT."

    6. In the PORT window, locate and open the resource ID #1002 "HTTP Port Number."

    7. A window displaying the HEX (Base 16) values will appear, with the HEX value "0050" denoting the port value of 80.

    8. Using a scientific calculator, convert the desired port number to a HEX value and enter in the number in the location of the current value.

    For example, Port 85 would replace the default "0050" with "0055."

    9. Close all windows, save your changes and quit ResEdit.

    10. Move the original "AppleShare IP Web & File" extension to a safe location and move the modified version of the file into the System Folder: Extensions folder.

    11. Restart the computer and startup the AppleShare IP file server.


    2) I changed the PORT resources to a range of ports made available to me by the network administrator. When I tried to log into the AppleShare server via the Chooser, a 'server not responding' message was displayed.

    Answer) The AppleShare Client looks for the AppleTalk over TCP/IP port number to be 548. The AppleShare Client won't be able to connect to the server if this is changed. There are two ways you can connect to an AppleShare Server whose PORT resource has been changed.

    * Use the Chooser's "Server IP Address..." button to manually specify the IP address of the Server, followed by a colon and the new port number.

    For example: www.yourdomain.com:xxxx

    * Change the default AppleShare port number from the Macintosh client by altering the 'DATB' resource (ID=1407) to match that of the server's new AFP port number.

    Note: The client won't be able to connect to another AppleShare IP 5.0 Server whose port number has not been altered, unless you manually connect via Chooser's "Server IP Address..." button and explicitly specify the port number after the "colon" notation.

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Product Area: Apple Software; Communications-Networking
Category: AppleShare
Sub Category: General Topics

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