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I am using OpenSim to host a metaworld. All incoming queries (including the web server) are directed to port 9000. See http://www.metaverseink.com/blog/?p=37 for details e.g. http://clarkson.is-a-geek.org:9000/wifi I would like to add an offline message. Can I redirect the port as well as the URL? |
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Unfortunately you can't, either the whole hostname is offline, or it's online. Let me restate that - when the entire hostname is offline, people still send HTTP inquiries to port 9000 just as they do when the host is on line. The entire package triggers from port 9000! I would like to have something respond to port 9000 to tell them that rather than simply hang. As far as i can see the "offline" message responds ONLY to port 80 and no other,
Aug 24 at 07:50 AM
pearl298
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I don't believe so. You may want to consider using a WebHop so that people don't try to directly to port |
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Alternatively, you could update the hostname to point to a different server's IP address, where the server is also listening on port 9000 giving out an offline message. And no, you generally can't redirect ports or URLs with DNS methods, just with HTTP/HTTPS methods. (A WebHop does not really work with DNS, but with HTTP methods.) |
