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Why doesn't my UI-WebServer work on my LAN ?
If you run a server on a LAN you should verify three things:
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- The server PC must have a static private IP (e.g. 192.168.1.2 or similar).
A static IP is defined in the TCP/IP setup of the network adapter.
- Your router must forward the server port to the static IP defined above.
- The firewall(s) must be open for the server port.
If your router has a good firewall/NAT, you do not need firewalls on the other PCs.
None of the PCs on my LAN has an activated firewall.
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Why doesn't "find.cgi?call=" work on my server ?
The Station Setup is not set up correctly, call and position have to be valid.
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Which port to use for the UI-WebServer ?
The default HTTP port is 80. If you do not have another application running using this port, you should use it.
Another popular port is 8080. It is recommended that you use a port > 1023 if you don't use port
80. It is less likely to cause problems with firewalls.
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I have multiple NICs/IP addresses on my computer. Is there a way to specify which IP
address UI-WebServer will use when it is launched ?
No. The UI-WebServer is always listening on 'localhost' (127.0.0.1) and the port you specify in Setup.
In my case an Apache 2 server is used as revers-proxy. This allows both servers to share port 80, to define IP
addresses (virtual hosts) and to GZIP compress the contents.
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Internet Security ?
Running the server on port 80 you will see from time to time some strange things on the screen. These attacks
are only harmful for older MS IIS server. They can't harm your UI-WebServer. A typical example is the
NIMDA worm, which in the last months seems to disappear.
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My pages in Special Pages Folder ?
You can not add any custom pages to this folder. They will not be accessible. However, you can use the tokens
on pages in the HTML folder as indicated in the top section of the sample page "info.html".
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Screen image capture and
processing for UI-WebServer ? (click on the link)
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New map solution for
the UI-WebServer information pages ? (click on the link)
- If you don't have a domain name for your server: Before I reserved
my domain f5vag.eu I had good experience with the free service of dyndns.org. It can be used for dynamic, as well
as static IPs.
This page is under construction.
If you have comments or questions, please drop me a line.
73 de Gerhard, F5VAG / DL7MW
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