[SunHELP] Re: basic query on http ports

[Will Yardley]

TAG DBA wrote:
> 
> What I want to know is that - can users to Application B connect to
> their http server listening on port 81 without specifying the port
> number in the line "http://SERVER:81/index.htm" ? Can something be
> configured onto the Solaris Server OR into a DNS server to allow http
> requests to Application B be automatically be redirected to web server
> on port 81  ?

you can't do this with DNS.  you don't mention what type of webserver
you're using.  if you're using apache (likely), you might be able to do
this in your Apache config. check the apache documentation, especially
the section on virtual hosts and maybe read up a bit on mod_rewrite.

why not just run them both on port 80 in the first place?

w