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Francis Swasey <[log in to unmask]>
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Technology Discussion at UVM <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 31 Aug 2006 07:55:30 -0400
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Thomas,

Last year, WebCT was listening on ports 8900 and 8943.  Over the summer 
we found a way to get WebCT to listen on ports 80 and 443, but it still 
really wants to talk on port 8943.

(Sorry, I went home ill yesterday and didn't get to your note until this 
morning)

Frank

[log in to unmask] wrote:
> Now I do vaguely remember something about this. Have the ports changed?
> 
> Quoting Francis Swasey <[log in to unmask]>:
> 
>> You can access webct on port 80, 443, 8900, or 8943.  They will all 
>> redirect you to 8943 because that's where WebCT 4.1 wants to run.
>>
>> I seem to recall that you have had this problem before and the issue 
>> then was that your local firewall was preventing you from accessing port 
>> 8943.  Is that the case this time, or is my memory getting all mixed up?
>>
>> Frank Swasey
>>
>> On 8/30/06 11:36 AM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>>> arg, is there a way to access webct on port 80? Why is it on port 8943?
>>>
>>> Quoting Wesley Alan Wright <[log in to unmask]>:
>>>
>>>> On Aug 29, 2006, at 10:35 PM, Thomas McLeod wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm having trouble accessing webct from off-campus. I'm not having  
>>>>> any problem with my internet connection, and I can reach  
>>>>> www.uvm.edu/webct, but when I put in my credentials I get "Cannot  
>>>>> find server or DNS error" in the browser. This is a normal web  
>>>>> application, right?
>>>> Right.
>>>>
>>>> Worked for me, at 10:48 PM
>>>>
>>>> Try this one, just for fun
>>>>
>>>> 	https://webct.uvm.edu:8943/webct/public/home.pl
>>>>
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>> -- 
>> Frank Swasey                    | http://www.uvm.edu/~fcs
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