an introduction
As you may already know port 80 is the standard port for HFS.
It is so for several reason like
- it is the standard port for http, and HFS uses http
- the port doen't need to be specified in the URL if 80, thus getting a shorter form
the problem
Many PCs has port 80 occupied by other software. On those PCs, HFS uses a dynamic port, and many users doesn't realize quickly how to solve this problem. They even ask on the forum.
possible solution
Having a secondary standard port means that HFS, after probing and failing on port 80, tries another fixed port, and only after this second failure uses a non-fixed port.
I'm currently implementing a secondary port on HFS 2.1, and chose 8080 because it is the standard as alternative to 80.
my question
Do you see a better solution or have any advice?
Please, if you just agree, reply here. An "i agree" is fine. Thank you.