change the network port boinc is listening
28 Feb 2005 12:47:27 UTC
Topic 188126
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Right, I have a problem running boinc on on machine, becouse ther already sits IIS. Some bloody service under IIS is occupying port 1034 already.
I cannot start boinc becouse of that. Since I don't know what IIS is doing on 1034, i'd like to change the port, or switch listening off at all.
See also this thread http://einsteinathome.org/node/188053
change the network port boinc is listening
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i just wonder what boinc client is listening for ? any reason to ? is boinc client a spyware ?
Well, that is no wonder. It
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Well, that is no wonder. It listens to GUI, which is separated programm/task. GUI(boingmgr) calls client(boing) to give him stats and stuff. And also GUI gives commands to client. All this happens via TCP socket.
And in the first post, of course I mean 1043 port...
Port 1043 is officially
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Port 1043 is officially assigned to the boinc client by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). So if you have another application using that port, you should change the port there. ;)
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Yes, that's right. Still,
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Yes, that's right.
Still, this doesn't solve the problem. I will not mess with IIS.
The BOINC port cannot be
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The BOINC port cannot be changed. Are you certain that it is not Active Sync causing the problem, it is known to grab every available port on the machine? In either case, the correct technique for fixing the problem is to load BOINC first, that way it gets the port, and the other program should succeed without it.
BOINC WIKI