FP98: No Server on Port <Number> at <Server Name>

ID: Q194036

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you open or create a new FrontPage Web in FrontPage Explorer, the following message appears

No server on port <port number> at <server name>.
where <port number> is the number of the port you are connected to (the default port is 80) and <server name> is the name of the server.


CAUSE

You may receive this error message in any of the following cases:

Case 1

The Microsoft Personal Web Server is not running. Or, it is running on the port that is specified by the error message.

Case 2

The specified server does not exist, is not running, or does not have a Web server running on the port that issued the error message.

Case 3

The FrontPage Server Extensions are not installed on the FrontPage Personal Web Server.

Case 4

You are using a laptop computer and the Windows 95 power conversion option is turned on. When the Power Manager is turned on, it broadcasts a "shut down" message to all hardware devices. When the Network Device Interface Specification (NDIS) device receives the broadcast, it shuts down the network card, essentially indicating that the card has been removed. TCP/IP is also notified and the TCP/IP stack is removed. When the power conservation mode shuts down the device, the Personal Web Server generates a bind to port error message even though it is running normally.


RESOLUTION

NOTE: Because there are several versions of Windows, the following steps may be different on your computer. If they are, please consult your product documentation to complete these steps.

Case 1

To resolve this problem, follow these steps:
  1. On the Windows Start menu, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.


  2. Double-click the Personal Web Server icon.


  3. Click the Startup tab.


  4. Click Start.


  5. Click to select the "Show the Web server icon on the task bar" check box.


  6. Click OK.

    NOTE: To confirm that the Personal Web Server is running, check to see if the Personal Web Server icon appears in the System Tray (located at the opposite end of the Windows Task bar from the Start menu).


For more information about this issue, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q150684 FP: "No Server on Port ..." Error Opening, Creating Web Page

Case 2

To resolve this problem, follow these steps:
  1. Verify that you typed the correct Web server name.


  2. Verify that you are connected to the Internet if you are attempting to connect to a remote server. Check any of the following that apply:

    1. If you are connected to the Internet, make sure that the Web server is up and the HTTP service is running.

      For information about how to test the connection between your computer and the Web server, follow the steps in the "More Information" section of this article.


    2. If you are connected to a proxy server, make sure that it is configured correctly for FrontPage Explorer. To do this, click Options on the Tools menu. In the Options dialog box, click Proxies. If you do not know what proxy settings you need to use, contact your Network Administrator.


    3. If you are connected to a proxy server and you are accessing a server behind a firewall, make sure that you have specified that this server is on the Intranet. To do this, follow these steps:

      1. On the Tools menu, click Options.


      2. In the Options dialog box, click Proxies.


      3. In the "List of Hosts without Proxy" box, type the name of the server. If the server is located on a port other than port 80, type a colon and the port number after the servername, so that it looks similar to this:
        servername:8080






Case 3

The FrontPage Personal Web server will not start automatically if the FrontPage Server Extensions are not installed. To install the FrontPage Server Extensions, follow these steps:
  1. On the Windows Start menu, point to Find, and then click Files Or Folders.


  2. In the Named box, type Fpsrvwin.exe. In the Look In list, select the hard disk on which you installed FrontPage. Click Find Now.


  3. In the list of files found, double-click the Fpsrvwin.exe file.


  4. In the FrontPage Server Administrator, click Install.


  5. In the Server Type list, click FrontPage Personal Web Server. Click OK.


  6. In the Server Configuration dialog box, click Browse.


  7. Select the \FrontPage Webs\Server\Conf\Httpd.cnf file and click Open.


  8. Type a Username and Password and then click OK.


Case 4

If you are using FrontPage on a laptop computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q193958 FP98: No Server on Port 80 After Laptop Computer Has Been Idle


MORE INFORMATION

You can use a diagnostic tool such as PING to determine whether your computer can communicate via TCP/IP to the server that you are attempting to access.

PING is a low level utility that will let you know if your computer and the server can communicate with each other and how long it takes for information to travel from one computer to the next. To use PING, follow these steps:

  1. Connect to the Internet.


  2. On the Windows Start menu, point to Programs, and then click MS-DOS Prompt.


  3. At the command prompt, type the following:
    ping www.microsoft.com
    NOTE: You must be connected to the Internet in order to ping Microsoft.com. This will not work if you are behind a firewall.


  4. If you receive either of the following messages, check your TCP/IP stack or contact your Internet Service Provider for assistance.
    - Destination host unreachable.

    -or-

    - Request timed out.


Additional query words: fpexplorer tcp/ip no server on port 80 


Keywords          : fpexp fptcp 
Version           : WINDOWS:
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: July 27, 1999