Microsoft KB Archive/194036

= FP98: No Server on Port  at  =

Article ID: 194036

Article Last Modified on 10/8/2001

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft FrontPage 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q194036



For a Microsoft FrontPage 2000 and 97 version of this article, see 179266.



SYMPTOMS
When you open or create a new FrontPage Web in FrontPage Explorer, you may receive the following error message

No server on port at.

where is the number of the port you are connected to (the default port is 80) and 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 Microsoft 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 Microsoft Windows, the following steps may be different on your computer. If they are, see 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:

150684 FP: "No Server on Port ..." Error Opening, Creating Web Page

Case 2
To resolve this problem, follow these steps:  Verify that you typed the correct Web server name. Install a Personal Web Server.For additional information, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

194101 FP98: How to Install the FrontPage Personal Web Server

182802 FP98: How to Upgrade to the Microsoft Personal Web Server 4.0

295600 FPSE98: How to Reinstall Personal Web Server and Import Existing Content

194543 FP98: FrontPage Personal Web Server Vs. MS Personal Web Server

 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:  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. 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.</li> 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: <ol> On the Tools menu, click Options.</li> In the Options dialog box, click Proxies.</li> 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:</li></ol>

servername:8080

</li></ol> </li></ol>

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:

193958 FP98: No Server on Port 80 After Laptop Computer Has Been Idle

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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: <ol> Connect to the Internet.</li> On the Windows Start menu, point to Programs, and then click MS-DOS Prompt.</li> 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.</li> If you receive either of the following messages, check your TCP/IP stack or contact your Internet Service Provider for assistance.

- Destination host unreachable.

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- Request timed out.

</li></ol>

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

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB194036

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