Rob, I attempted to use Indy's demo Chat facility over the internet REPEATEDLY (their TCP Chat client) and it refused to work on anything but a LAN..... even with the correct NAT rules on my server's router.... that gave me the impression that numerous Indy tools were for LAN use only.... it is an assumption but I have read various testimonials saying the same thing..... if I'm wrong, then I'm wrong.... it was just something worth considering is all.
Yes if IIS is already installed then it would get in the way.... but the same can be said for the D-Link router (Which is giving me problems at the moment with my HTTP server). Remember that D-Link routers have a HTML configuration facility which can be accessed both over LAN and over the internet (as I discovered today)..... this can also get in the way. I'm only trying to help but if my help is not needed then I won't do so again. Regards, Simon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Delphi-Talk Discussion List" <delphi-talk@elists.org> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 6:24 PM Subject: Re: D7 with Indy 9 http server again > Kraven wrote: > > In order to use HTTP on 127.0.0.1 (which is YOUR local LAN IP Address) you > > need to have IIS (Internet Information Services) installed on your > > machine.... this comes with the XP CD under "Add Remove Programs" in control > > panel. > > IIS is a Web server. Indy provides the tools to make a Web server of > your own. IIS is not required for anything. In particular, it's not > required just to make localhost available for HTTP. > > If he's getting a 404 response from localhost, then there is already > something listening on port 80 of that address. Since it's apparently > not his program, it's probably IIS. He'd probably know if he had Apache > installed instead. Google Desktop Search installs its own Web server, > but I think it listens on some other port, so that shouldn't interfere. > Since he's apparently not using IIS, I'd recommend that he uninstall it, > not only to free up port 80 for his own program, but also to remove a > frequent target of hacking attacks. > > > Note that most INDY server utilities are only for LAN communications and not > > Internet communications. > > Where in the world did you get that idea? > > -- > Rob > __________________________________________________ > Delphi-Talk mailing list -> Delphi-Talk@elists.org > http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk __________________________________________________ Delphi-Talk mailing list -> Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
