Does Earthlink Cable Block Port 80?

[xxAgentCowxx]

same as above. Does Earthlink Cable Block Port 80?

 

[Indolent]

I don't see why they would since it's used for http, but I have no idea.

 

[martind1]

I kind of doubt it, but this is a good question for THEIR tech support.

 

[gunrunnerjohn]

I suspect he's talking about incoming to his machine, many ISP's do block common ports so their customers don't run servers.

 

[martind1]

i assumed he meant incomgin too. but then as i thought about it, i overthought it and came to the conculsion that he would ask that because i think it would be obvious that a ISP would nto want to block incoming http traffic as that is the main reason their customers get it.


of course i think i just realized what you meant gunrunner and now i am blushing out of stupidty.



anyways my answer still stands: call their tech support and ask them because the answer might be different for differnet users (for many different reasons)

 

[gunrunnerjohn]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that gets my foot in my mouth on occasion!

 

[bsobel]

i assumed he meant incomgin too. but then as i thought about it, i overthought it and came to the conculsion that he would ask that because i think it would be obvious that a ISP would nto want to block incoming http traffic as that is the main reason their customers get it.

No, outgoing HTTP is the primary reason users get it. Many national cable systems block incoming 80.

Bill

 

[martind1]

call tech support he says again into the vacuum

 

[Mrpilot007]

Originally posted by: gunrunnerjohn
I'm glad I'm not the only one that gets my foot in my mouth on occasion!

I do this too. I frequently say, "please excuse me while I go over there and finish my other foot"

 

[sswingle]

Wouldn't it be easier to go ahead and open the port up on your router, and then get scanned at Gibson Research??
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[martind1]

no, calling earthlink would be easiest, take you 2-5 minutes. simple question even the lowest level tech support can handle.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: martind1
no, calling earthlink would be easiest, take you 2-5 minutes. simple question even the lowest level tech support can handle.

While fairly straigtforward, there is no way that this would take 2-5 minutes. It will take 30 just to get to tech support. And the 'lowest level' person won't have a clue about ports. They'll simply say 'of course the web will work'.
Bill

 

[martind1]

well if you phrase it like that, then good luck.


call tech support