can you run a webserver on port 21 ? why not ?

if i was to setup a basic (freeware) webserver on port 21 (FTP) would
it work ? would you be able to type the website address like the
following http://myip.com:21 in internet explorer ? i haven't been able
to get it to work. no router/firewalls running.
i know it will work on port 80/8080 but thats not my question its
whether it will work on port 21 and if no why not ?

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> if i was to setup a basic (freeware) webserver on port 21 (FTP) would
> it work ? would you be able to type the website address like the
> following http://myip.com:21 in internet explorer ? i haven't been able
> to get it to work. no router/firewalls running.
> i know it will work on port 80/8080 but thats not my question its
> whether it will work on port 21 and if no why not ?

You can run a webserver on any port you want. A browser should be
able to point to it using the syntax you showed. No idea why you're
having trouble.
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> You can run a webserver on any port you want. A browser should be
> able to point to it using the syntax you showed. No idea why you're
> having trouble.

Unless ftp is already running on 21.

check your httpd.conf file (if you're using apache). see which port
it's listening on and yes, make sure ftp is not using that port.

On 5 Jul 2005 20:55:04 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>if i was to setup a basic (freeware) webserver on port 21 (FTP) would
>it work ? would you be able to type the website address like the
>following http://myip.com:21 in internet explorer ? i haven't been able
>to get it to work. no router/firewalls running.
>i know it will work on port 80/8080 but thats not my question its
>whether it will work on port 21 and if no why not ?

Your ISP may block port 21. Have you tried any other ports?

Also, in your example, if "myip" is your server's actual IP number,
then you shouldn't use the ".com" after it...

On 5 Jul 2005 20:55:04 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

Maybe IE is getting confused. IE also works as an ftp client, maybe
it reserves port 21 for ftp protocol.

Dan

>if i was to setup a basic (freeware) webserver on port 21 (FTP) would
>it work ? would you be able to type the website address like the
>following http://myip.com:21 in internet explorer ? i haven't been able
>to get it to work. no router/firewalls running.
>i know it will work on port 80/8080 but thats not my question its
>whether it will work on port 21 and if no why not ?