WHS remote access and FIOS

[VirtualLarry]

I want to set up WHS, and I would like to use all of it's features, including remote access. On my current DSL, port 80 is blocked. Does anyone know if it is still blocked on FIOS? I had heard one comment online that it was not blocked on FIOS.

It seems like such an outdated ISP restriction that you cannot run a web server on your dynamic IP, especially these days in the era of fat pipes and home servers.

Edit: Does anyone know if Comcast blocks port 80? I might just switch, if Verizon blocks it but Comcast does not.

Edit: After asking this question on dslreports.com, I got an answer than port 80 is no longer blocked on either FIOS or DSL, apparently as of some time in 2009. Even my DSL has port 80 incoming wide open now, which is great!

So it looks like I will be getting FIOS in the near future to use with my WHS then.

 

[Emulex]

comcast business does not block it.

why don't you just use PAT or VPN instead? doesn't win7/whs have some sort of cool simple vpn feature now connected to the live mesh

 

[Absolution75]

Call technical support and ask them to unblock it.

I was running a web server off my att uverse and since they block SMTP port 25, none of my activation emails were being sent out. I just called and they removed the block ;p.

This wasn't FIOS, but I bet verizon is just as reasonable.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Oh yeah, one other thing. In the official remote access docs from MS, it mentions a 2GB file upload limit.

Is this fixed in any of the service packs?

Or is this a concession to the RIAA that will stay in WHS? It's rediculous that I cannot upload DVD ISOs to the server.

 

[imagoon]

Oh yeah, one other thing. In the official remote access docs from MS, it mentions a 2GB file upload limit.

Is this fixed in any of the service packs?

Or is this a concession to the RIAA that will stay in WHS? It's rediculous that I cannot upload DVD ISOs to the server.

Pretty sure the 2 gig upload limit comes from the file size limit of HTTP. I know for our office file sharing machine you need a plug in to do more than a 2 gig upload via the web interface. Transferring via FTP would still work.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Can you do more than 2GB per file using FTP? Perhaps I could run an FTP server on top of WHS.

Also, can you use WHS as a web server on the internet? Or does it only display the remote-access homepage and management interface over port 80, so that you would have to set up another HTTP server to serve the content that you wanted? Does anyone know how to set up multiple listening ports and multiple web servers using IIS? I guess I'll research that some.

It would be nice to have the default home-server interface on some other port than port 80, and utilize port 80 for a real live HTTP server too, running on the same server.

 

[LikeLinus]

I use WHS and a homeserver.com website on comcast without any problems. If you set up an FTP server, you shouldn't have any problem uploading files larger than 2GB.

 

[Emulex]

if you do ftp - use a TLS/SSL ftp - plaintext passwords are bad mmkay!

 

[RebateMonger]

It would be nice to have the default home-server interface on some other port than port 80, and utilize port 80 for a real live HTTP server too, running on the same server.

Changing the Ports of the WHS Default web server:
http://mswhs.com/2007/06/21/problems-accessing-whs-web-interface-ports-80-and-443-blocked/

Does anyone know how to set up multiple listening ports and multiple web servers using IIS? I guess I'll research that some.

It's easy to have IIS listen on alternate ports or to have multiple web sites on the same TCP port but use Host Headers to host multiple web sites. You can host as many web sites as you want, as long as there's a difference in their:

IP address
or
TCP port
or
Host header

Beware, though, that last time I tried it (several years ago), the free version of the No-IP.com dynamic DNS service didn't forward Host Headers.

 

[BTA]

you could use a dynamic ip DNS service like no-ip to bring http traffic in on a different port and then forward that port in your router to 80 on your WHS.

 

[Emulex]

make sure you read the TOS - comcast forbids personal accounts from running daemons - not that they'll do anything about it. but you never know.

 

[JackMDS]

make sure you read the TOS - comcast forbids personal accounts from running daemons - not that they'll do anything about it. but you never know.

They will if the Upload traffic suddenly surges dramatically.


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[tomt4535]

I had WHS and a homeserver.com address on FIOS in northern NJ and it worked perfect.

 

[JackMDS]

It's easy to have IIS listen on alternate ports or to have multiple web sites on the same TCP port but use Host Headers to host multiple web sites. You can host as many web sites as you want, as long as there's a difference in their:

IP address
or
TCP port
or
Host header

Few No-IP sub domains, each one with different port redirect works very well.

When using DD-WRT, or Tomato flashed Router there is a DDNS entry that keeps the IP automatically updated with No need for computer intervention.